TGhe Beautiful House Sparrow

[Dave Phillips]

This is one of a series of house sparrows I used to shoot saturday morning at McDonald's while having morning coffee. So common and a pest bird to many, but still a beautiful creature IMO.
The dark bg is the underexposed huge round sign post.....a little puff of wind blowing from behind

1/800, F/7.1, ISO 400, Spot Metered, 400mm, available morning light
critique comments much appreciated

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

I agree, House Sparrows are very nice creatures. :)
Nice image and the black bg works well here. I also had an idea to shot these birds with the blurred company sign in the background. Maybe if weather gets warmer :D
I maybe would sharpen a bit more.
Szimi

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really love the black bg,nice composition and great pose,nice work Dave

[Thomas Herou]

I like them too.This is a very nice capture with excellent detail.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose and details and would give it a bit more space. Why is the BG so dark?

[Harold Davis]

nice capture, dave!! at mcdonalds? wow. who knew? egg mcmuffin and a camera.

[Fernando Cerra]

This has to be the best House Sparrow image I have seen, I like the composition and feather detail, dark background is fine with me.

[Dave Phillips]

I like the pose and details and would give it a bit more space. Why is the BG so dark?

noted above: The dark bg is the underexposed huge round sign post

thanks for comment and input on space Axel

[Bonnie Block]

I like this one, Dave-- Unusual and well done. And thanks for getting me hooked on McDonald's coffee in the morning on my day off!

[Anita Rakestraw]

Such a wonderful portrait of this little guy!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like everything about this except for the protruding twig cutting through the tail. Good thinking using the back of that sign.