Spadger in a Puddle

[John Robinson]

House Sparrow
Still one of my favourites when in full colour. Numbers have really dropped here ince we reduced the chicken numbers.
One from today
D7100
Nikor 70-300
800 ISO
Crop from horizontal
180th @f9
paint Shop Pro
Bibble for whites check
Thanks for comments on my last pic
JohnR

[Randy Stout]

John:

Love the fluffed up look. Almost looks like a different bird.

Nice shooting angle, head position, strong catchlight, well exposed.

Cheers

Randy

[Ed Kelly]

John,very nice detail, I think a horizontal crop would improve the image. Slight crop from bottom to remove the highlights, and larger crop on top. Any more canvas on the right?
Signature on the top is not working for me on this one. Here is a quick sample.

[John Robinson]

Thanks Ed -yes plenty for the right. I was in two minds which way to go. I wanted some of the BG in at the top- hence the upright.
This is straight fom camera , except for cropping
but the next shot on fast burst so virtually identical -just the water ripples a little different at the bottom.
JohnR

[Ed Kelly]

Very nice. I like that version.

Ed

[Bill Dix]

A handsome little Sparrow, too often overlooked. Nice color and detail. The reflection in the OP doesn't work for me, so I like the horizontal version better.

[John Robinson]

Cheers Bill
I agree . Funny how you need people to look at things in a dfferent way
.You know my probs with refections !!!
John

[christopher galeski]

nice one John,like the pose,nice detail,like the first post,how different they look close up,have not heard spadger for a long time,TFS.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. I like the horizontal crop. Superb details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all- I,m surprised no one has mentioned the rock on the right hand side.
John

[Satish Ranadive]

Rock does not distract, secondly it gives nice balance in the frame.
If mine ,would darken the two light blue spots on the top right corner.

Regards,
Satish.