House Sparrow in flight and a re-edit

[coastalconn]

I really kind of liked this House Sparrow shot from this morning. It wasn't very popular on my FB page, so I tried to figure out what went wrong. I decided to re-edit it with a tighter crop and some more adjustments.. Any thoughts..?


House Sparrow in flight 1 by krisinct, on Flickr


Sparrow in flight re-edit by krisinct, on Flickr

 

[Derrel]

NAILED it!

 

[tirediron]

Yep!! Great shot!!

 

[Low_Sky]

In the original I find myself looking at the bright background and missing the drab bird. The tighter crop works much better for me.

Sent from my phone with my giant, uncoordinated sausage thumbs.

 

[Aloicious]

that is an excellent shot. I like them both, but the edit does have a slight edge for the same reason Low_sky mentioned.

 

[shefjr]

I think the edit is great! This is the type of shot I wanted to get when I first joined the forum. In fact I started a thread asking "how to stop birds wings?" and this is the shot I had mind. I also agree that the bird is drab and that is probably the reason he sort of blends in with everything else.

 

[WesternGuy]

Kris, I am not sure which one I like as I am not usually a fan of close crops, but the first one has that branch, or whatever, in the background and it is a little distracting, so maybe I would vote for #2. Regardless, both are nice.

WesternGuy

 

[lambertpix]

The bg is just busy enough in the first one that my attention is drawn away from the bird. The tighter crop seems much better to me. A spectacular capture, btw.

 

[MSnowy]

Nice, I like both

 

[baturn]

Yep. The tighter crop, eliminating much of the busy bright background, did the trick.

 

[coastalconn]

Thanks everyone! Sparrows are cool and all, but I really miss my Ospreys

 

[matthewo]

I have yet to see one in a while, guess they made it back to Florida