Taken at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, Seneca Falls, New York. Canon 7D MkII/Canon EF 600mm f/4 L IS USM.
Soon after the pandemic began, the wife and I decided we needed to escape the house and get to the outdoors. Since it was during the bird migration time, we headed over to Montezuma so I could do some bird photography. As we drove around the refuge we saw this song sparrow just sitting in a tree on the side of the road. As we slowly drove up the bird didn't move. Being disguised as a car has its advantages. When driving around the refuge I normally have the 600mm lens already out the window so all I needed to do was position bird in the frame and take the photo. I like this photo since it gives a nice clear head on shot of the sparrow as he looked at my lens.
A couple of points on this photo, the image is barely cropped. I just trimmed the edges to make sure it was in the 2:3 format. So this 5 to 7 inch song sparrow actually did become frame filling. The 600mm lens has a minimum focal distance of roughly 18 to 20 feet, meaning that if I want to photograph something with the lens it needs to be at least that far away. In this case the sparrow was just past 20 feet. Being that far away was probably one of the reasons the bird didn't just fly off when we approached.
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Taken at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, Seneca Falls, New York. Canon 7D MkII/Canon EF 600mm f/4 L IS USM.
Soon after the pandemic began, the wife and I decided we needed to escape the house and get to the outdoors. Since it was during the bird migration time, we headed over to Montezuma so I could do some bird photography. As we drove around the refuge we saw this song sparrow just sitting in a tree on the side of the road. As we slowly drove up the bird didn't move. Being disguised as a car has its advantages. When driving around the refuge I normally have the 600mm lens already out the window so all I needed to do was position bird in the frame and take the photo. I like this photo since it gives a nice clear head on shot of the sparrow as he looked at my lens.
A couple of points on this photo, the image is barely cropped. I just trimmed the edges to make sure it was in the 2:3 format. So this 5 to 7 inch song sparrow actually did become frame filling. The 600mm lens has a minimum focal distance of roughly 18 to 20 feet, meaning that if I want to photograph something with the lens it needs to be at least that far away. In this case the sparrow was just past 20 feet. Being that far away was probably one of the reasons the bird didn't just fly off when we approached.
To see all images available for sale as open edition fine art prints, please click here to go to my Etsy Store for print purchase options. All sales are done via the Etsy platform. If you are interested in purchasing an image not currently listed in the Etsy store please use the contact option to discuss availability.