Hawfinch

Gallery: AvianPosted January 9, 2011131 views7 comments

Hawfinch.
Some won't like the crop but I thought I,d try it as it seemed to show the snow off better.
Quite a crop off a horizontal.
Same set up as previous ones.Bedroom window.
D200 Sigma 50-500
125th @ f7.1 500ISO
levels , CZM
Not seen it in the garden for about 10 days now when this was taken.
Cheers
JohnR

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Sally King on January 9, 2011 at 8:26 AM

Lovely colors with the bird and the lichens on the perch then the contrast of the snow. I like how you've framed it but I might take a sliver off the bottom.

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Comment posted by richard remington on January 9, 2011 at 9:50 AM

I love the crop and the scene is terrific. I am not familiar with the bird which is very interesting.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on January 9, 2011 at 10:13 AM

A busy scene, and a cool little bird, John. I like Sally's suggestion. I think if you lower the bird, it will show him off even more. I would suggest about an inch crop from the bottom.

Surprisingly the limb at the top, even though it's large seems to help frame the bird nicely.

Well captured.

Carol

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on January 9, 2011 at 11:03 AM

Excellent shot of this beautiful bird- great details, colours and composition- well done, Fabio

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 9, 2011 at 6:53 PM

The crop works for me, John. Nice image and a great job on the exposure.

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Comment posted by Julia Flanagan on January 9, 2011 at 8:23 PM

That's a beautiful bird. Such lovely warm colors on a snowy day. The contrast of snow and golden brown does make this a better picture - so I'd say the square crop is fine. Exposure seems on target and the bit of spotlight on the front of the birds face adds to the shot. I'm likin' the lichen too. : ).

Julie

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on January 10, 2011 at 3:38 AM

Nice image and a great job on the exposure. The crop works for me too.
Mauro

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