The Observed Observed...

There is a light flurry of wet snow falling outside, which made our walk around the village rather delightful. Not laying of course; no chance of a white New Year here.

The holly tree outside my study window has been stripped of berries by the local birds, and largely stripped of leaves too after the recent storm. I spied this pair of sparrows, peering back at me.

Happily I took two shots. The first focused on the closer bird and the second on the further. Unintentional but fortunate, and this is a focus merge of the two. Neither is totally sharp, but then neither am I...