House Sparrow

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D Canon 100-400 L IS @ 400 ISO 800 1/500 sec f6.3
I took this shot from one of my two garden hides(blinds), I have one positioned for the morning and one for the afternoon. Things are looking good the birds are returning now all the building is complete, I have also just put a garden pond in and within 3 weeks I have damselflies and dragonflies ovipositing - hey I've got two toads and a newt - guess what I am thrilled to bits!!! For you guys who do bird photography and macro work I can recommend you have a go with your gimbal head and a macro lens - it is so flexible and practicable I use a Mongoose head - cannot recommend it more highly.
Hope to be posting some tricky subjects soon - i.e. magpies and crows - lets see how long the jubilant mood lasts!!
All C & C welcome.

[Bob Pelkey]

Can't imagine your mood being dampened. Nice reflection in the
eye of the bird especially not giving away your presence so close.

[arash_hazeghi]

great pose and a nice BG, I only wish the tail was in focus too but sometimes it is tough if the bird is not parallel to the camera

[noelle zaleski]

Sweet image Jonathan with a lovely background :S3:

[Geoff Warnock]

Nice one Jonathon.

I too have set up a garden hide, and recently added a small pond. Haven't got any damselflies yet though!

[Neil Nourse]

Nice shot with a good background. Like Arash had mentioned the tail IF would have stepped this nice image up a bit more.
I really like your perch choice :S3:

TFS Neil

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the perch, pose and BG. Excellent image Jonathon!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for the C&C everyone - much appreciated.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Great BG and perch. Nice detail. Personal taste would to see it a touch lighter.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great BG and perch. Nice detail. Personal taste would to see it a touch lighter.
I hear you Dumay - but hey we are in England now!! You talking about light and sunshine - what's that?