Humble Sparrow drinking

[John Robinson]

House Sparrow
Often classed as a dull boring bird ,I find the suble colours great. Slightly blurred on the throat - maybe caught in mid swallow !!!
Nikon D7000
Nikor 70-300 f4.5
800 ISO
180th @ f8
ev down1 contrast down 1 in camera. Abouit 70% of frame.
pp in Paint Shop Pro 7
Thanks for Nuthatch comments.
Cheers
JR

[Girish Prahalad]

excellent image! love the IQ, pose, setting & the water dripping from the beak.

[David Salem]

Wow, this is way better than the thumbnail looks. Great detail and colors in this and I like the water drop on the beak. Lots of nice complementary colors too. Nice work

[Martin Dunn]

That is a beaut Johnny.
You really put me to shame Johnny with super images of birds I don't give a second look.
Mind you, with 2 dogs and a cat birds don't stick around for long in our garden.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nothing dull or boring about House Sparrows, at least not in my view!! Introduced here in North America they are considered pests and aggressive competitors to our native species but I have fond memories of observing and listening to their cheerful chirps around the house growing up.

I love your image, awesome drinking behaviour and the setting is very pretty, I could see a version with less canvas above (to below the green and orange coloured areas in upper left corner).

[Greg Oakley]

Wow this is a ripper John. Also an introduced species here in Australia - but this one of the best images I have seen of this species, great work

[dankearl]

You are really doing well with these.
Another fine image and I like these trash birds, there song is great and they are fun to feed.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Cool species, nice light overall and pose. The added droplet on beak is killer. I would suggest to crop from the top a little bit.

[Satish Ranadive]

Every thing has been said about this superb image. Great colors,details and environment.
Love the water droplet from beak.

Regards,
Satish.

[John Robinson]

Thanks people.
Will get around to the crop. Good idea. Cheers
JR

[Arthur Morris]

Quite lovely as noted. Love that huge water drop. I'd be OK with a small crop from the top (to lose the lightest tan leave on the top frame edge) and then a small crop from the bottom as well.

[shane shacaluga]

very nice shot. The colours work very well together and the details on the subject are very good indeed

TFS

[John Robinson]

Thanks everyone- appeciated. heres a d crop as suggested.
Cheers
JR

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful shot Jon, I like the colours but I think they are over saturated. The pose and water droplet is excellent - a moment well captured.