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A female House Sparrow
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A female House Sparrow at the foot of the old city Ovdat (Passer domesticus).
About Ovdat (from Wikipedia):
"Avdat or Ovdat, the remains of a Nabateans road station for their caravans, is located on a mountain in the center of the Negev Desert on the road from Petra and Eilat.
Avdat (in Greek: Oboda) was a seasonal camping ground for Nabataean caravans travelling along the early Petra - Gaza road (the Darb es-Sultan) in the 3rd - late 2nd c. BCE. The town of Avdat was founded at the site in the late 1st century BCE and named after the Nabatean King Obodas who was revered as a deity and, according to tradition, was buried there (hence the name in Arabic: Abdah). Before the end of the 1st c. BCE a temple platform (the acropolis) was created along the western edge of the plataeu. Recent excavations have shown that the town continued to be inhabited by the Nabataeans continiously from this period until its destruction by earthquake in the early seventh c. CE."
Post-Processing:
1. Crop
2. Lighten (a bit)
Additional EXIF information:
Make - Canon
Model - Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
DateTime - 2006:10:21 15:48:30
ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds
FNumber - 9.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
ExifVersion - 0221
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/250 seconds
ApertureValue - F 9.00
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MaxApertureValue - F 5.60
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Not fired
FocalLength - 300 mm
ExifImageWidth - 3072
ExifImageHeight - 2048
ExposureMode - Auto
Macro mode - Off
Self timer - Off
Quality - Fine
Flash mode - Not fired
Sequence mode - Continous
Focus mode - One-Shot
Image size - Large
Easy shooting mode - Manual
Digital zoom - None
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - High , +1
Sharpness - High , +1
Metering mode - Evaluative
Focus type - Auto
AF point selected -
Exposure mode - Av-priority
Focal length - 100 - 300 mm (1 mm)
White Balance - Sunny
Flash bias - 0.00 EV
Subject Distance - 278
Image Type - IMG:EOS DIGITAL REBEL JPEG |
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- dkaved
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 262 W: 18 N: 417]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif)
(1968) - [2006-11-04 12:38]
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Hi Shahar,
It is my guess that it is a "House Sparrow"...a common bird not normally appreciated enough to capture.You have done a very good job...a lovely pose...the subject very clear and with good detail.Nicely composed perched on the fence.Shavua Tov!
Regards, David
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- jojo
![Gold Star Critiquer [C: 168 W: 0 N: 8]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-n.gif)
(176) - [2006-11-06 10:18]
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Belle capture, beaux détails
bravo
jojo
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- thor68
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 716 W: 115 N: 1038]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif)
(4597) - [2006-11-06 17:42]
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hi shahar,
took a quick look in my "birds of israel"-book and found 3
sparrow species - house sparrow (passer domesticus), spanish
sparrow (passer hispaniolensis) and dead sea sparrow (passer
moabiticus) which with 12cm is smaller than the two others
with 15cm length.
my guess is a house sparrow, too, probably a young one from this years breeding period.
anyway, wonderful clear snd sharp photo, nice colors and good
pov - i like the off-centered position of the bird.
well done & take care, thor.
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- Oz1
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(956) - [2006-11-23 13:42]
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Hi Shahar,
Very lovely shot. framing is great. very good on all technical aspects.
well done!
TFS
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- Ken52
(4181)
- [2006-12-06 23:37]
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Beautiful photo of this sparrow! Outstanding color and exposure. Nice composition.
bravo
tres jolie cette femelle , bonnes couleurs et excellent BG
bravo et merci
edith
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