House Sparrow, Painting

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Photographed this House Sparrow in our garden this morning

Comments welcome and always very much appreciated.

I must admit the groups presentation are so excellent, I'm going to go back & find about 4 other programs I bought over a year ago.

Hard to keep up with you very talented Young un's :D

Gus

BTW: Fotosketcher's backgrounds without the bird make very beautiful wallpaper.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Gus.

My only comment is that it would have been nice to have the bird a little more centered, or something along the RB area; a twig, branch or other BG item, it just seems too open to me. Maybe a vertical would have worked better for me. However, I like the image and as they say ... :)

[denise ippolito]

Gus, I like the up close-in your face look. I agree w/ Mark regarding the comp. I do love the brush strokes!:)

[Christopher Miller]

Nice pose, Gus. BG is just lovely as usual. :) It looks like a little blue may be bleeding into the bird's head. I don't really mind the comp since the bird is looking to the right, but I think a vertical might look even better.

[Brendan Dozier]

I like the image of the bird, pose, and detail. I agree with Mark about perhaps cropping to more of a vertical. You might also try slanting the perch so it creates a diagonal line.

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Paying attention and think you're all on the money, even leveled the perch

See what you think now

Gus