I am getting better at bird identification, but there are so many little brown birds that it seems virtually impossible to distinguish one species from another. That doesn’t hinder me from attempting to take photos of them, generally with little success, because the little brown birds seem to like to stay in the middle of bushes.
Today, however, I was able to take a clear shot of one of the little birds (perhaps some kind of sparrow) when it perched on the top of a blue metal fence. I got close enough to capture a lot of the texture of the feathers (you should click on the photo to see it in higher resolution) and I found an angle to shoot from that left a uncluttered background streaked with light blue and brown. Even the fence itself is a pleasing element of the photo, providing a touch of color and geometry.
I don’t know why, but a number of my recent photos have been graphic and simple in their approach. My eye seems to be framing my photos that way and I am pretty pleased with the results.
Little brown bird on a fence
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Mike Powell 
Lovely bird. 🙂
Thanks. There is beauty all around us when we open our eyes to see it (as you so wonderfully show in your photos).
The proper birding term for all these brown birds is, LBJs (little brown jobbies)
Ah…I knew there had to be a technical term for them. Thanks!
such wonderful definition in the feathers!
Thanks. The light was good and he let me get pretty close, so the image is almost full-frame (all to often with birds I have to crop the image significantly, which cuts down on clarity and resolution. As winter approaches, I might even have to consider humans as subjects. I don’t think I want that much definition with them!