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White Crowned Sparrow


 
  White Crowned Sparrow
White Crowned Sparrow
This time of year I am an active bird photographer. All the song birds, wrens & finches are mating & nesting everywhere. I photographed the sparrow in the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach Calif.

I processed this image with camera raw, NIk HDR Pro 2, Viveza, Silver Efex Pro 2 then once more with Viveza.

.6, ISO 200, 70-300mm, Focal 300mm, monopod.

Arthur Bohlmann

 
  White Crowned Sparrow
White Crowned Sparrow

Arthur Bohlmann

 
 
 

Arthur Bohlmann
 

This is the original color that I cropped and re-edited.


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April 15, 2013

 

Kalena Randall
  I think I like the color one better, Arthur. The bokeh is really nice and I think adds to the photo a bunch. I like the pattern of the fence, too! Details in the bird a wonderful.


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April 15, 2013

 

Arthur Bohlmann
  Thanks for commenting Kalena. Beautiful bird that I never get tired of photographing.


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April 15, 2013

 

Kristin Duff
  We call these chipping sparrows because of the noise they make!


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April 15, 2013

 

Stephen Shoff
  Art, I don't understand what you think you got from passing this image through all those filters. I do think the monotone and reverse(?) vignette turns this into an interesting image, I can't identify what you got from the HDR and 2 passes through Viveza except to get to an odd, though commonly seen, color pallette.


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April 15, 2013

 

Dale Hardin
  Good shot, especially from that distance. Haven't been to Bolsa Chica for some time. What's the best time of day to get some decent images? May make a run down there since it's only about 40 minutes away.


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April 15, 2013

 

Jeff E Jensen
  I think I prefer the original on this one, Art. I'm not sure that the processing added any strength to the image. That might just be me though.


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April 16, 2013

 

Arthur Bohlmann
  Thanks for all the comments. Stephen.. Sometimes I get a wild hair and take the editing process to the extreme. I am not a skilled photoshop user and rely on my NIK plugins for my editing. A little strange but this is how my mind works


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April 16, 2013

 
- Michael Kelly

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  Very nice shot - I love all types of nature shots and this is a good one with the great lines of the fence adding a nice element and not distracting from the shot at all. Of course, I am speaking of the original image. The filtered version does not grab me at all, but you might have gathered that from my prior comments.


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April 16, 2013

 

Beth Spencer
  I think I like the color the best also. I love the focus on this and the lines from the fence.


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April 16, 2013

 
- Rita K. Connell

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  well Art...some interesting comments. As for the original ( the edited one) I like it, I can see this as a card, I like the tones that your choose. Which I know that you do. Now for the original color it very nice I really like the feel that the fence brings into the image, the position of the sparrow with his head turn just right. great shot.


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April 16, 2013

 

Arthur Bohlmann
  Great to see that I stirred up a hornets nest with my photos Hahaha! I appreciate all the comments (likes and dislikes. Rita hit the nail on the head regarding the B&W version. This is a good selling greeting card for me, I edited it with a greeting card in mind.


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April 16, 2013

 
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