More House Sparrows

[Daisy M]

Sorry Paul, just saw yours as I was going to put up these two youngsters.

House Sparrows by David Miller, on Flickr

[Colin W]

Nice photo, well done.

[Bill53]

Nice shot David.

[Brian Sugden]

I'm afraid it doesn't really work for me. It's quite dark on my monitor and the yellow highlight is a bit distracting.

[Daisy M]

This is what I like about this forum, thanks Brian for your constructive comments. Though it is not dark on my monitor, I can NOW see the yellow flowers in the background does catch your eye to much. Though as you know I would not change it it is another point I will be aware of in the future. Other sites just say “nice” or cracking shot” when in all honesty they are pretty rubbish. Here polite criticism is the right way to go.

[antoeknee]

Good to see some constructive criticism and morre importantly it being taken in the right way. When photographing the kestrels use to spend time changing my position to make sure, where possible, that the light was coming from behind me.

This is useful as it means the face of the bird isn't in shadow and you'll normally get a catch light in the eye.

Looks a bit dark to me too. Dropping the highlights and lifting the shadows should bring out more in the face of the birds and a slight lift in exposure might be good too.

[Swanny48]

Brian Sugden, Daisy M and antoeknee. Three really good, well received comments and I agree, this is how the forum should work.

John