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House Sparrow looks out

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Posted by Paul Hobson on December 24, 2008 at 10:25 AM
House Sparrow looks out
A male house sparrow looking out of a hole in a red tiled roof.
I was particuarly after images of sparows with red tiles and like the extent of blur in this image.
Eos 1DMK2 500mm

Paul Hobson

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Posted by John Kerr on December 24, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Very unusual, very effective. :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on December 24, 2008 at 10:52 AM
I like the idea here but it doesn't quite work for me, although not entirely sure why. The head seems a bit tilted away from the viewer and although the blurring is nice I think it loses the contact of roof tiles without the explanation :smile:
Posted by David Kjaer on December 24, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Hi Paul

Works fine for me as there is just enough detail to see it is sitting on roof tiles!

David :toast:
Posted by marek on December 24, 2008 at 6:25 PM
look good for me
marek
Posted by Tom Smit on December 25, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Terrific shot.
Especially why the only sharp thing is the head.
Great
Posted by Mark Hamblin on December 26, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Nice effect which works well to produce something a bit different.

Cheers, Mark
Posted by eric weight on December 27, 2008 at 2:06 AM
Interesting and pretty successful concept Paul, nicely done.
Eric :wavey: