About the Image(s)

Handheld canon R5, 100-500 zoom

500 mm, f/7.1, 1/1600 sec, ISO 3200

A common sparrow and year-round resident in the west. I thought that is was very sporting of the sparrow to land on the branch with the lovely green lichen. It was raining and overcast so a high ISO was required. I cropped, adjusted the exposure, darkened the bottom of the image, and used Topaz Denoise.