JPG Magazine: Photos: "My Spot" by Adrian Rodriguez

My Spot

By Adrian Rodriguez

On 5 May 2008

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Using my Nikon D200 with 300mm f4 lens.

Location: Ft. Washington State Park PA. They have small area for bird watching with several bird feeders. Different varieties of birds from Blue Jays, Cardinals and even a Woodpecker showed up.

But by far these sparrows were the most playful, where the Blue Jays and the other birds would have been more visually appealing to photograph. I chose the sparrows for their energy.

I was amazed when the sparrows showed up in numbers the Blue Jays and the other larger birds scattered.

They might not be pretty to look at but they do give a great performance.

13 Responses

On 5 May 2008 Raphael Grynsztajn gave props:
cool
On 5 May 2008 Simon Le gave props:
Excellent shot! great capture Adrian! My vote.
On 6 May 2008 Jan Verbeke gave props:
Nice action shot, beautiful compo with the contrasting green background, too
On 6 May 2008 Tania said:
just the right time!
Of course you have my vote
On 6 May 2008 Donna Beeler said:
Great shot and good timing
On 6 May 2008 Cindy Coubrough gave props:
Great capture!
On 7 May 2008 Michael Van der Tol gave props:
Love the exchange between the two birds - excellent capture.
On 7 May 2008 John Paul gave props:
This is absolutely amazing...I'd love to hear how you set up and waited for this shot, as I imagine you must have. I love how you froze the wings and captured the little one peaking from behind the feeder. You absolutely have my vote!
On 8 May 2008 Lee Shelly said:
Love that park. Have yu been there for the hawk migration in the fall?
On 8 May 2008 Adrian Rodriguez said:
No I have not, but I will definitely place some time on my calendar
On 10 May 2008 Steven Heipel said:
Beautiful capture.
On 5 June 2008 jayemora gave props:
I love this! Great shot.
On 1 July 2008 Mandi Nikole gave props:
wonderful shot. fantastic capture