The tiny sparrow was very courageous, trying to drive the blackbird away.
I used flashlight and was surprised that the shutter speed was fast enough the capture the sparrow sharp enough in the picture.
Mark III 500mm/L IS Flashlight
1/200 sec / f 6.3 / ISO 1600
Beautifully captured Rosl. I really like the interaction and the rain drops flying from the sparrow towards the blackbird. I presume that its caused by the smaller bird's wingbeats.
Thank you for your nice comments; I'm quite happy, that you seem to like the picture.
I followed your advice and made a tighter crop at the right side.
Better like that?
Last edited by Rosl Roessner; 01-22-2008 at 05:20 PM.
A really great composition with the atmosphere of the rain and the interaction between the birds. Those house sparrows are brave birds and I have seen one in our back garden trying to dive bomb a sparrowhawk which is not very sensible. I think the compostion would benefit from losing some of the empty space at the right of the frame.
Great interaction going on here! The crop is much better.
I have seen and photographed these House Sparrows while they attacked Purple Martins repeatedly. They will kill Bluebirds while the Bluebirds are on the nest and then the House Sparrow's have been known to build their own nest on the corpse.