Female House Sparrow

[Dave Phillips]

yes, just a commoner.....but a sort ofsassy glamor shot
of this little female. Does the beak "need" cleaning up?
Only about 10% of a full 50D frame, ISO 800, 1/640, f/7.1, +.67EV

Thanks for looking in and c/c
see full frame below

[Dave Phillips]

here's the full frame with oof brick wall as bg

[Doug Brown]

Impressive detail for such a substantial crop. I wouldn't do a thing to the beak. In fact I wouldn't change much of anything, except perhaps remove the dirt at about 3 o'clock on the bird's eye.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the composition, details, pose and complementing BG color.

[denise ippolito]

Dave, crisp and full of detail-great portrait-gave me an idea for some of my shots! Thanks

[Zoltan Gyori]

Very nice portrait Dave! I love it!

[Dave Phillips]

thank you for input, and Doug don't know how I missed that eye dirt spot....thanks

[Art Kornienko]

Full frame or crop, both are excellent. I like the beak the way it is, and I also would have removed the speck in the eye. The eye reflection is very nice as are the colours and sharpness. I like the positioning of the bird, looking back too. What lens?

[Dave Phillips]

Full frame or crop, both are excellent. I like the beak the way it is, and I also would have removed the speck in the eye. The eye reflection is very nice as are the colours and sharpness. I like the positioning of the bird, looking back too. What lens?

thank you for comment....lens is Canon 400mm f/5.6L