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\"SongSong Sparrow on a frosty Utah morning –\u00a0D200, f8, 1\/500, ISO 400, 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes life gets so busy that it takes me quite awhile to edit some of the images I take, this Song Sparrow photo is one of those.<\/p>\n

This image was taken October 6, 2009 and just this morning is when I got around to post processing the file.<\/p>\n

I see Song Sparrows mostly in the winter, spring, and fall, here in Utah but they are year round residents.<\/p>\n

I think the reason I don’t see them in the summer is that where I go shooting in the summer months isn’t in the habitat that they prefer.<\/p>\n

But I do know that I thoroughly enjoy hearing the Song Sparrows sweet songs and calls<\/span><\/a> and seeing them flit amongst the dried pigweed, grasses, and phragmites.<\/p>\n

There were some out of focus dried wild sunflower seed heads to the left and below my copyright symbol that I cloned out because they were a little distracting. I prefer to leave my images as shot and by being aware of the background when I am in the field I rarely have to resort to cloning. The clone work I did on this photo was an exception for me but I felt this picture was worth saving.<\/p>\n

I really like the weather worn detail in the old fence, the light and I especially like the dried blade of grass in the bird’s bill.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Song Sparrow photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes life gets so busy that it takes me quite awhile to edit some of the images I take, this Song Sparrow photo is one of 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