The story behind the photograph
I'm not yet a big "birder" as far as photography goes, though I have started to snap a few. Seems the older I get the more I'm tuned into the different songs of different birds as I spend time outdoors. This little guy was on my property one sunny day, a fun capture, and an amazing reminder of the mighty diversity of our wildlife.”
Sparrow On Wire · Matthew 10:31
“So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”
In Tom Bartel's words
“I'm not yet a big "birder" as far as photography goes, though I have started to snap a few.”
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From the photograph Sparrow On Wire by Tom Bartel, Colorado · View the original →
Picture
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Format
Crisp detail on archival fine-art paper, set behind glazing in a gallery frame.
Size
Holds a wall on its own, over a console or desk
21.5″ × 31.5″ on the wall, with the frame
Good detail. Made to be seen from a step or two back, as a piece this size usually is.
Above 24″, printed from an enlarged file
The piece was developed in our studio using digital and AI tools, and the same tools enlarged it for large-format printing. At these sizes fine detail is interpreted rather than photographed.
Frame: Natural
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A small streaked brown sparrow grips the knotted junction of a woven wire fence, feathers lifted slightly by the air, with nothing behind it but clean blue sky. Low sunlight rakes across the bird from the side, picking out the pale eye-ring and the warm edges of each wing feather while leaving the shaded underside in soft shadow. Dry grass seed heads rise blurred into the lower frame, catching the same light at the end of the season.
Why these words
A single small sparrow on a wire, the whole sky empty around it, is exactly the image Jesus uses for the value of what looks negligible. Nothing in the frame is grand, which is the point of the verse.
The photograph that inspired this piece
It begins with an original photograph by Tom Bartel of a real place. This version was developed from that photograph in our studio, using digital and AI tools guided by the original’s own composition, and these words set over the finished picture. How these are made.
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