"Fan Head" Passer domesticus, House Sparrow

© Hector J. Brandan

"Fan Head" Passer domesticus, House Sparrow

Uploaded: August 17, 2005

Description

Camera Model Name Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL,shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/250, Av( Aperture Value ) f.8, Metering Mode Evaluative, ISO Speed 100, Lens 100.0 - 400.0 mm Focal Length 400.0 mm, IS on, Image Quality RAW, more sharpness and colours applied in photoshop

Comments

Sara And Dick level-addict August 17, 2005

Wonderful Capture!!! Your 100-400 Canon IS lens is so versatile - we love ours! #296117

Linda Proctor August 17, 2005

Fantastic Hector!!! #1729319

Julie Gamicchia August 17, 2005

Great image Hector! #1729323

Hazel H. Cromer August 17, 2005

Amazing capture! This has to be a winner!
#1729336

Chris Macer August 17, 2005

Awsome capture, Hector! #1729605

Sherri L. Regalbuto August 17, 2005

Wow, way cool. #1729655

Bogdan Grosu August 18, 2005

haha...excellent #1729812

James B. Hewin August 18, 2005

Truly Awesome!!
¦¬) James #1729902

Priscilla M. Cutler August 18, 2005

Excellent!! This caught my eye immediatly. Such a great capture with movement. This should be a winner. #1730111

Sherri R. Camp August 18, 2005

Amazing photo Hector! Excellent work! #1731756

john dunne August 24, 2005

wow. no need for exotic birds for striking photos. What an amazing shot. Well done. looking forward to seeing more of your photos.
#1761404

Stephanie Laird level-classic August 26, 2005

Execellent Imgae Hector! #1770393

RWI August 26, 2005

Hi Hector,

Fantastic photo! #1770621

Joyce ONeil August 26, 2005

Terrific capture - love the water splashing........ #1770640

Erica Murphy level-classic September 23, 2005

What a great shot!!! WOW about covers it.

Erica #1872527

Bonnie C. Lackey level-classic September 24, 2005

Congrats on both of these animal entrants, Hector. This one is certainly special! #1876588

Els De Winter September 25, 2005

Awesome shot, Hector! I love it!!! #1881231

Kerby Pfrangle September 26, 2005

Hector congratulations on your second place win. Awesome job. Kerby #1889228

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic September 27, 2005

Congratulations on your second place win Hector. #1890220

Erica Murphy level-classic September 27, 2005

Congratulations Hector!! Not a surprise to see this photo win something. It's an amazing shot.

Erica #1890928

KHAWLA Haddad September 27, 2005

Congratulations on your wonderful Second place winner!!!!!!
This is truly awesome love it well don!! #1891307

Claudette Foote September 27, 2005

Congratulations on your wonderful Second place winner! #1892627

Sara And Dick level-addict September 27, 2005

Congratulations Hector!!! I knew this was a winner when I saw it... #1892718

Monika Sapek September 27, 2005

Now this is something! So funny and amazing at the same time! It is so unbelievable captured bird in his behavior, so I had to share this image with my whole family and everybody loved it and laughed ! Many congratulations on your Second Place Win, Hector! Awesome work!
Monika
#1893724

Barbara Helgason September 28, 2005

I've never seen anything like this before, what a sight!!! Fantastic capture, congratulations on you win! #1896253

Serena Pierce level-classic September 28, 2005

Very cool! Congratulations!! #1897318

Joy Rector October 01, 2005

congrats on your win
#1906183

Susana Ms Heide October 01, 2005

This is one of the most incredible and amusing animal photos I've seen!!! What a catch!!!! Can't tell you how much I like this, Hector!! Many, many congrats on your very well deserved win!! #1906868

Emanuel R.L Marcos October 04, 2005

Fantastic Hector. That image is stunning I hope to get exactly that lens by december (100-400 usm image stabilizer) gorgeous! #1917045

October 19, 2005

This sparrow must be very quick in its head. Nice water. I laugh when I saw it. Very good picture!!! Congratulation. #1969096

Sandra Freyler October 19, 2005

Great shot! Very nice image! :) Congratulations! #1970979

Ann Coates level-classic July 10, 2009

I've never seen anything like this before. It's absolutely fantastic and I can see why you got a winner with it. Congratulations. #7726358

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