Howard Frank
May 2025 - Watching For Lunch
About the Image(s)
This sparrow was calmly sitting in a tree watching the world go by. It is located in Chicago's famous magic hedge on the edge of Lake Michigan where several hundred species overnight on their way north. Taken with my Nikon Z8 and 600 PF lens at 1/3200 sec, f/ 6.3 and ISO 640. Processed with Lightroom and DXO Pure Raw 4.
6 comments posted
Perfectly focused! and the sky sets it off. Love the shot Posted: 05/05/2025 23:54:06
Thanks for your comments. Posted: 05/10/2025 16:36:13
Howard - That was an awesome shot and your processing was spot-on. Thanks for sharing!
Posted: 05/09/2025 15:43:58
Posted: 05/09/2025 15:43:58
Thanks for your kind thoughts Posted: 05/10/2025 16:35:48
Janet Pieper
Beautiful detail in the bird. I might add a very slight blur on the outer edges of the bird and tree to soften them against the blue sky. Did you replace the sky? Posted: 05/09/2025 20:00:48
No Janet, my original image was a little dark and I brightened a bit in Lightroom, but I was lucky enough to get the bird with nothing behind it.
Thanks for the comments. Posted: 05/10/2025 16:35:33
Thanks for the comments. Posted: 05/10/2025 16:35:33