My friend , the sparrow

[Doc Henry]

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Henry,

the little birds do appear to be very different in colour. Our sparrows have a mid grey breast and darkish brown feathers on head, wings and back. They also have a darkish brown beak.

To judge by your cropped shot above, your birds have a much lighter beige colouring all over and their beaks appear to also be quite pale by comparison. Although it is digital (!!) my shot

is not so far off the actual colouring of our sparrow, there is just a touch of cyan that shouldn't be there at all, as you would have already noticed!....blame it on reflection from the window glass.

Dee I like sparrows (Passer domesticus), I did a little research and I found some interesting information. House sparrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sparrow is introduced in Australia in 1863 and New Zealand in 1859 , almost simultaneously, it comes from Europe.House sparrow | New Zealand Birds Online

So in principle feather color must be the same

 

I'll try to take some pictures with M8 and also to compare with its multiplying coefficient get a bigger picture,with my 135 mm Apo Telyt

Best regards

Henry

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Henry,

 

When you do your other photos later would you mind including lens openings & shutter speeds along with the lens & focal length & tripod, or not, film type, etc that you already do?

 

In the past many photographers used to include all of this type of data which can often be quite instructive.

 

I find that I learn a lot from reading these details. Equally so whether there is a difference in the different photos or not.

 

I think leaving out this type of data began when popular zoom lenses were first introduced. Early on it was found that a less expensive zoom lens could be designed if both the aperture & the focus were allowed to vary as the photographer zoomed. Later many manufacturers removed the variable of having to refocus after zooming but some still allowed apertures to change as the lens zoomed.

 

This led to photoraphers simply writing: "I photographed this sparrow with a 35 to 105 Vario-Bibble". No indication of actual aperture or actual focal length. The introduction of electronically controlled variable shutters for the most part meant no more shutter speeds reported. Tripods, or at least acknowledging their use, also faded away.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

[Doc Henry]

Hello Henry,

 

When you do your other photos later would you mind including lens openings & shutter speeds along with the lens & focal length & tripod, or not, film type, etc that you already do?

 

In the past many photographers used to include all of this type of data which can often be quite instructive.

 

I find that I learn a lot from reading these details. Equally so whether there is a difference in the different photos or not.

 

I think leaving out this type of data began when popular zoom lenses were first introduced. Early on it was found that a less expensive zoom lens could be designed if both the aperture & the focus were allowed to vary as the photographer zoomed. Later many manufacturers removed the variable of having to refocus after zooming but some still allowed apertures to change as the lens zoomed.

 

This led to photoraphers simply writing: "I photographed this sparrow with a 35 to 105 Vario-Bibble". No indication of actual aperture or actual focal length. The introduction of electronically controlled variable shutters for the most part meant no more shutter speeds reported. Tripods, or at least acknowledging their use, also faded away.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

Michael

Thank you for the suggestions I will apply next time to see if it's better

Best regards

Henry