Snow-faced Finch

Gallery: AvianPosted January 2, 2010174 views11 comments

A very common bird at my feeders, however, I liked this shot enough to post. It was busy eating snow, probably washing down all the seeds it had eaten, then flew upon this perch. I guess this is the bird equivalent of a "milk moustache"!
Happy New Year everyone!

50D, 100-400 @ 285, F9, 1/60, Iso 400 LARGE version posted, too.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on January 3, 2010 at 1:33 AM

Wonderful shot of this Finch. The snow on the beak really adds to the image, well done.

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Comment posted by Nick Saunders on January 3, 2010 at 1:52 AM

Nice wintery feel to this one Sharon. The look back from the Finch is great as is the snow on the beak.

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on January 3, 2010 at 6:45 AM

Sharon the colour palette here is fantastic with the reds /pinks/whites and a natural perch with good head turn

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on January 3, 2010 at 8:10 AM

Lovely image. The bird's colors and bg colors work well together.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on January 3, 2010 at 8:28 AM

What a great pose, background & setting Sharon!

Love the "snowstache" ;-)

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Comment posted by Sally King on January 3, 2010 at 2:24 PM

I love the subtle colors with the splash of red. Nice snow on the bill too. Excellent details.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 3, 2010 at 5:51 PM

Very nice as posted, and shows that a very common and widely distributed species can make a fine image.

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Comment posted by Jimmie Fata on January 3, 2010 at 6:55 PM

I really like this photo. If the oof bg were light pink/red I feel it would be stunning.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 3, 2010 at 8:18 PM

Neat palette, Sharon. Lovely detail in the finch, and a nice head turn.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on January 4, 2010 at 12:24 AM

I'm very familiar with wintery avian scenes like this..

This is a particularly beautiful one! The composition is exceptional I think due to the over the shoulder pose, the nice off center positioning of both the perch and bird and the interesting perch itself. By way of improvements, I'm thinking that selectively darkening the bird and perch a little would allow those subjects to stand out a little more from the background. Love the snowy little beak!

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Comment posted by Ravee Wattanatanak on January 4, 2010 at 7:51 AM

It may be common to you but we do not have it over here. Very nice one and i like the bg too.

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