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Common Sparrow


Common Sparrow
Photo Information
Copyright: Richard Cridland (rcrick) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 712 W: 36 N: 1553] (4999)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-09-25
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon 70-200 mm f 2,8 L IS-USM, SanDisk Ultra II 1GB, Hoya 77mm Pro1 DMC UV LPF
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-20 22:32
Viewed: 174
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
It’s been quite a while since my last posting both my wife and I have been overseas for the last five weeks, visiting family and friends.

We stopped of in Paris on the way home for a few days and spent a lot of time seeing the sites and taking long walks in the beautiful gardens, I captured this little fellow in the gardens near the Louve, I’m pretty sure it’s a common House Sparrow.

They are actually large finches, and are usually seen in small to medium-sized groups, but may occur in huge numbers. The male has a conspicuous grey crown, black face and throat, and dark black and brown upperparts. The remainder of the under parts are pale grey-brown.

When breeding, the black of the throat extends to the chest and upper belly. The bill also changes from brown to black.

The female is slightly paler than the male and lacks the grey crown and black face, instead having a pale buff eye stripe. Young House Sparrows are similar to the adult female, but are duller with some mottling on the crown, and have a darker bill.

Details; Shot Raw and converted to Jpeg, cropped and re-sized, sharpened for posting

File Name IMG_0006.CR2
Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Shooting Date/Time 25/09/2009 9:55:02 AM
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/500
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 320
Lens EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Focal Length 195.0 mm
Image Size 800x795
Image Quality JPEG
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Custom
White balance compensation A1 G1
AF Mode AI Servo AF
Picture Style User Defined 1(Neutral)
Sharpness 5
Contrast 1
Saturation 2
Color tone 0
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 2:Enable
High ISO speed noise reduction 1:Enable
Highlight tone priority 0:Disable
File Size 142 KB
Drive Mode High-speed continuous shooting
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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 921 W: 0 N: 1985] (8905)
  • [2009-10-21 6:08]

Hi Richard
I was down there a few month ago and I did see a few different species.I also thing that this is the common sparrow.It well capture with a nice pose and a lot of plumage detail.
TFS Michel

Hello Richard
wonderful capture of this Common Sparrow, nice pose with head turned
fantastic light effect and superb colors especially the BG
very sharp details on the bird and his environment
Have a good noght
Jacqueline

très bon cadrage et comosition pleine de details
un chouilla dur dans les blancs mais je chipote
aleks

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3813 W: 190 N: 11346] (34981)
  • [2009-10-27 22:57]

Hello Rick,
Nice capture of this Parisian male House Sparrow. The fluffed up plumage is seen with fine sharpness in this frontal POV and the catchlight in the eye gives life to the image.
Thanks and all the best,
Cheers,
Ivan

You most certainly have given some great artful touches to this one due to perches and framing. It looks indeed as a professionally done portrait. Nice work there big guy with the big lens!
Bob

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