Sparrows in the back garden

[Paul]

In the apple tree today:

 

 

 

Paul.

[JohnP]

Very nice images... I like Sparrows... nothing quite like a bush full of very excited Sparrows, they make a lovely noise all chattering away.

[Paul]

Our front garden gets a couple of dozen sometimes, but its not good for  photography - no doors or windows to open onto the bushes for viewing.

 

 

Paul.

[JohnP]

Our front garden gets a couple of dozen sometimes, but its not good for  photography - no doors or windows to open onto the bushes for viewing.

 

 

Paul.

 

I did this short clip when I lived in the sticks, broadband was terrible. I originally uploaded it to Youtube and it took over 3 hours to upload...

 

Hope the link works OK.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4j23476kpo608om/Sparrows%20Bathing.MOV

[Paul]

Link worked fine - and they were having a great time!

 

 

Paul.

[GreenKing]

Worked fine for me too. Excellent.

[David]

A very nice set Paul

[NannyFerret]

Lovely captures.

Has anyone noticed how the sparrows singing seems to have got really lovely over the years?

[Terry]

Nice set Paul. Just noticed you have a Sigma 150-500. Were these shot with it and how do you rate the lens over all.

[Kobione]

Something we only see in built up areas, nicely caught.

 

John - worked fine for me too!!

[ChrisLumix]

Love them - especially the bold confrontation look in #3! (Though I'd be tempted to clone out the twig running exactly along his back?)

[Paul]

Nice set Paul. Just noticed you have a Sigma 150-500. Were these shot with it and how do you rate the lens over all.

 

 

It's a nice lens. Only real problems is it doesn't focus overly fat, and it is a slow aperture once you hit 300mm - goes to f/6.3 but having said that, the distance it gives on a cropped sensor means I can capture birds like never before.

 

It can yield slightly soft images at the top of the zoom, but careful sharpening in the edit stage works really well.

 

 

Paul.