Some House Sparrows

Got these a couple of days ago, against my ivy covered front wall (sadly there was no way I could blur the background any more in any of these because of how close to it the birds were - but some came out well - and the others are just nice snaps! The light was lovely - we had a glorious hot sunny day, so I took full advantage, by sitting in the car for hours, photographing the odd sparrow that landed

1. My favourite!


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5. Liked the dreamy feel to this one


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Lovely shots.

I see what you mean about the wall being too close to the bird (in 2 and 3) but they're still good. The birds are sharp so (if the background bothers you) blurr the background in Pshop to look like number 4 ?

They're nice Z, 4's my fave

Well, number 1 is just a tighter crop of number 4 - so I do like both, but I wasn't sure about the compo on number 4 Thanks for liking them!

Phil, I could blur the background in PS - if I was any good at it I don't do much editing for a very good reason *fail*

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Lovely photos Z They are really pretty birds.

Really great captures Z.

You've done a fantastic job on the crop for image 1. It works really well.

Is the " Dreamy feel " to number 5, just another way of saying that this one is soft, and out of focus? lol

I personally wouldn't have put 5 in with the rest of this set. This is where your editorial judgement as a photographer has to come in to it.
You have to think " Even although I like this image, will it add any value to the rest of the set that I'm posting?" And in this case, I don't think it does.

I really do love the rest though. it's not easy to capture small birds, and I'm awful at it. I always admire DJ when he posts his cracking images of birds. I don't know how he does it.

Well done.

Thanks all - and MD, you'd be right about number 5! I thought it was pretty obvious! I do really like the shot though. I think it's due to the background, I think it confused my eyes/the camera etc etc - it was awfully bright. Still, it came out rather pretty - even though it was a definite throw away photo. It's quite heavily cropped too, as the body of the bird has a branch in front.

Don't get me wron,g I know it's not a good image, and I wouldn't have included it if I was doing say an 'exhibition of sparrow photos' or even on a website (if I had one!), but I wanted to include it here as one of my 'snapshots' like number 2 and 3!

Appreciate the feedback guys!

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Lovely set Zoundz!

Great shots, Zoundz. Particularly like #2.

As a showcase series i agree with MD about he last shot, but can appreciate why you included it The series over all is cracking x