House Sparrow

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

Another shot from a hide in the back garden

Camera Model Canon EOS 50D
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/800
Av( Aperture Value ) 4.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -2/3 (forgot to reset - previous frames capturing much paler coloured birds)
ISO Speed 400
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length 500.0mm
Image Quality RAW
White Balance Mode Auto

All C & C most welcome

Jon

[Joe Senzatimore]

Very clean and simple but I think the branch on the left is a bit over-powering.

[Mark Schmitt]

Nice to see a House sparrow. What works: the BG is a plus; the over-all exposure of bird is clean, good reslution and clarity; texture in perch. Suggestions: both perches are emerging from the bottom of the frame with no sense of origin and lead the eye off of the page, especially the larger one; the bird is looking off frame to the right and the interest is in that direction. So, either remove the larger branch and crop in from left; or add some canvas to the right and go for even wider landscape crop. ;-)

[christopher galeski]

very sharp image,nice BG,the branch on the left does not bther me.nice image,thanks.

[Tony House]

Nice work John, great perch and nice detail. House Sparrows are proper little characters which are sadly in decline, I'm in the process of getting a sparrow terrace built and fitted to help out my local flock....

Nice work.
Tony

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

Very nice shot of the sparrow but I would remove the branch that is behind and to the left of the bird.

[Simon Bennett]

Good pose, eye contact and detail about the head. With that shutter speed, perhaps you could have gone for a bit more DOF.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the perch, BG and details and only wish the tail were not behind the perch.

[Daniel Cadieux]

If theses branches have been picked up and placed as a set-up near a feeder I would suggest a small pruning job to help prevent branches competing against one another (and against your subjects). For example If you prune the top one away you can still set it up further as a secondary (and unobstructive)option for your subjects. I do like the image though...very clean and well presented.

[John Blumenkamp]

I really like this... great exposure and tones to this one. I like the overall composition too, and the perch looks very natural and adds a lot of interest to the image.