Eurasian Tree sparrow

[Frank Schauf]

Soon comes the winter and sparrows come back close to the House. This image is from the beginning of the year.

1DMIV, EF 4/600L IS USM & 1.4x III, 1/2000 sec, f/7.1, ISO 1000

[Satish Ranadive]

Frank,
This is absolutely superb image.
Love the head turn pose,super sharp details,colors and nice BG color well complimenting with sparrow.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Frank, excellent sharp detail on the sparrow, and the colours are spot on. Perfect comp with the lookback pose, and I do like the complimentary BG too. In a perfect world, the piece of OOF FG would have dissapeared.

[gail bisson]

The IQ is stunning as is the light and BG. Agree with Stuart about the OOF portion of branch. I would consider cloning out the OOF bit under the tail as that really detracts the eye,
Gail

[Shawn Zierman]

I really like the warm tones and color scheme of the image.
The ambiguous perch surface is interesting...at first I thought
it was a rock, but now I see it's wood. The bird shows very
well in the frame, particularly enjoy the foot detail.
Would not mind a slight head turn towards the camera here....
but the look back into the negative space is nice regardless.

[Randy Stout]

Frank:

The sparrow is lovely, with excellent sharpening, exposure, eye. BG colors sweet.

The OOF foreground is the only issue for me. I would lower the luminosity of that area to match the perch luminosity in RLC, it will help it recede a bit in the image, less noticeable.
Cheers

Randy

[Ryan Schain]

I agree with all the above. I would also have preferred a head angle slightly more towards the viewer.

[Marina Scarr]

Love capture of this handsome bird. Pose, toes and colors are nice, as are details and exposure. Blob under bird slightly problematic but not a deal breaker.