White-throated Sparrow on Snow
Here’s another new species I managed to capture this winter. This White-throated Sparrow was actually photographed in New Jersey at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge before Chris and I headed to New Hampshire. Because of all of the preparations for our New England trip, I didn’t really get a chance to look over my shots from the days leading up to our trip north, so this one and others from the day have pretty much gone unnoticed until now.
In the original shot, the tail was extremely close to being clipped at the edge of the frame. I had a couple of other shots in the sequence with a touch more room on the right side of the frame, but the poses in those weren’t nearly as good. So I took a small piece of the background from one of those photographs and blended in onto this shot for the final image. I prefer not to clone, composite, or otherwise heavily alter shots whenever possible, but sometimes I find it necessary to salvage a nice image like this one. I didn’t have any other similar or better shots, and this is my first of the species, but I hope I’ll get more photographs of these cool sparrows in the future.
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