Winter House Sparrows
I was tempted to give a Theme prefix to this one -- after all, the branches are bare of foliage, the birds are puffed up to stay warm in the frigid air, and the juvenile is molting into winter adulthood. But so many nice snowy scenes have been posted this month that I resisted the temptation. Anyway, I liked the juxtaposition of these two House Sparrows, sitting by the side of a pond near the Jersey Shore a few weeks ago.
D7200, 500f4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 800, 1/1000s @ f/7.1 manual.
Nice duo of spadgers Bill. Ours have moved away somewhere for the Winter !!
Good stuff.
John
Beautiful comp, exposure, and detail, Bill.
Bill:
The poses make it look like they are having a conversation. Sharp and well exposed.
I do appreciate Marina's point about the bottom twig. Because it is red, it tends to be more noticeable than if a more neutral color.
Cheers
Randy
It looks like they are having a chit-chat. Nicely captured, Bill.
A beauty, Bill. A twofer, lovely color, feather detail, and background. Thank you for sharing.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
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Bill this is lovely,birds look really good with nice interaction, top mark for composition.
Keith.
Love the two together it looks as if they could have been taken in a typical UK back garden! Lovely exposure and details.
Good one, Bill. Great light and detail. Nice clean capture given all the brambles interweaving the branches.
Geoffrey
Hi Bill such a clean nice image of the two !!!
Well composed and you have a good tonal range , good detail and an overall pleasing image .
Nice work .
TFS Andreas
Very ordinary bird with such an extraordinary composition. I really like the tension in this picture!
A delightful image. A species I very much like too. It is a pity the perch was not the only twig in shot ...but sadly you had no control there. Nice work.
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