{"id":55293,"date":"2018-12-15T05:33:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T12:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55293"},"modified":"2025-02-16T05:08:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T11:08:57","slug":"puffed-up-song-sparrow-on-natural-and-man-made-perches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/12\/15\/puffed-up-song-sparrow-on-natural-and-man-made-perches\/","title":{"rendered":"Puffed Up Song Sparrow On Natural And Man Made Perches"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PuffyPuffy Song Sparrow on a frosted branch – Nikon D500, f10, 1\/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I have a preference for photographing birds on natural perches because birds are wild and I like showing them in their natural habitats in my photos. Sometimes that means the setting is cluttered so I do my best to photograph the birds without too many items obstructing a clear view of my subject. Yesterday I had the opportunity to photograph the same Song Sparrow in a natural setting and in a setting where there were man made objects.<\/p>\n

This photo shows the Song Sparrow perched on a frosted branch in a bush near a road that had a tiny bit of the frost on its bill. I love the clear view of the sparrow but the background is a little cluttered for my tastes. The sparrow was all puffed up because of the cold, it was around 18\u00b0F when I took this image.<\/p>\n

\"PuffedPuffed up Song Sparrow on a frosty fence rail – Nikon D500, f10, 1\/800, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Then the Song Sparrow moved from the bush to a frosty fence rail that had an out of focus section of the fence behind it in the nice morning light that only had a few out of focus branches and leaves on the right side of the frame. Of these two images I like this one the best because the bird stands out better at first glance than it does in the first image.<\/p>\n

To me it almost looks like this Song Sparrow swallowed a ping pong ball it is so round from being puffed up.<\/p>\n

These two Song Sparrow photos are a reminder to me that sometimes having man made objects in my photos isn’t such a bad thing, it is just a matter of personal tastes.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

These two Song Sparrow photos are a reminder to me that sometimes having man made objects in my photos isn’t such a bad thing, it is just a matter of personal tastes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,1022,697,204,26],"tags":[4004,4897,834,3983,6904,368,5152,4202,6905,5652,4023,855,4195,373],"class_list":["post-55293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-song-sparrows","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-branch","tag-fence-rail","tag-frost","tag-frosted","tag-frosty","tag-man-made","tag-melospiza-melodia","tag-natural","tag-puffed-up","tag-song-sparrow","tag-sparrow","tag-sparrows","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t