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House Sparrow

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Posted by John Robinson on November 18, 2008 at 6:19 AM
House Sparrow
House Sparrow at pool. Dull little birds but still one of my favourites.
Usual pool set up.
D200 Sigma 100-300
60thsec 7.5
Cheers
JR
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 18, 2008 at 6:40 AM
Nothing dull about 'spadgers' John :biggrin:

Nice detail and a great catch light in the eye :wavey:
Posted by Dawn Monrose on November 18, 2008 at 6:47 AM
Very nice, I like the autumnal leaves. Is that some cloning I can see between the leaves on the left?? :wink: Lovely lot of detail on the bird!!

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Posted by David Sewell on November 18, 2008 at 8:18 AM
I agree with Andy - there is nothing dull about sparrows, and you have caught this one very well.

David
Posted by Robert Lawrence on November 18, 2008 at 9:08 AM
The little flock we have in our garden are very entertaining and I consider the males to be quite handsome little chaps. NIce image John.
Robert
Posted by John Chapman on November 18, 2008 at 9:36 AM
Hi John the Sparrow droped into the perfect spot for comp. with the surrounding leaves. :toast:
Posted by Rene de Heer on November 18, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Common or not, its a lovely image. By the way is your hide for rent? :biggrin:
Rene de Heer
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on November 18, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Very nice autumn setting and lovely picture, John :smile: :smile:

Sandra
Posted by John Lee on November 18, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Dull? I think that they have the most fantastic markings when viewed in an image. They aslo have great characters much larger than their size. Really like the image a lovely crisp autumn scene wit the subject well sepahrated from the leaves. Agree with Dawn that there is something funny going on in the water between the two leaves, seems to be a repeating pattern.

John Lee
Posted by Ian Mason on November 18, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Don't see nearly as many as we used to and I thinl I used to take them for granted. I agree they are great to watch, and this is a cracker!
Posted by John Robinson on November 18, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Thanks for your interest.
Dawn/John
For those who have examined this picture with a microscope for reasons only known to them.
- there is no cloning ! Why would I need to ?
If you look carefully you should be able to see that it is an OOF leaf on the bottom of a muddy puddle showing leaf veins. It seems to me that you appear to be wanting to make it something more. The reason for this is beyond me. But in todays photographic climate I am probably not that surprised. I sometimes wonder why I bother to post anything at all.
Only you have the answer .
JR
Posted by Vincent Jones on November 18, 2008 at 6:41 PM
The only thing that is dull John is the Weather, chin up :wavey:

Cracking House Sparrow :toast:
Posted by Paul Thomas on November 18, 2008 at 6:54 PM
A great shot of an often ignored bird. I count myself lucky that I've got House Sparrows living in the Leylandii in my front garden.

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Paul