American Goldfinch

Gallery: AvianPosted February 3, 201187 views5 comments

I followed a group of these Goldfinch around for several minutes flying from thistle to thistle eating the seeds this past Autumn. I really enjoyed trying to get them singled out and a pose I liked.

Canon 7D
500mm f4 w/1.4 ext II
6.7, 1/500, ISO 200
beanbag out window of truck

minor sharpening of bird

C&C welcome

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 3, 2011 at 4:14 PM

This comp works for me Mitch. I like the perch and the nice head turn. BG works well too. It is hard to judge critical sharpness and detail at this size, but it looks good best I can tell.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 3, 2011 at 6:59 PM

nice shot, Mitch. I like the pose, the comp and the bg.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 3, 2011 at 7:35 PM

MItch, I like the downward looking pose and the interesting perch. I think the background works well too. IQ looks good at this size.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on February 3, 2011 at 9:23 PM

Love the pose and perch and the curves they create. Sharon

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 4, 2011 at 6:53 AM

Mitch,

I like the pose, the perch and the bird's head angle. Sharpness looks good at the size posted. I might increase the exposure of the finch selectively to see if you could bring out more details in the dark wings. I might consider cropping a little from the top to more of a 4 x 5 format.

I love to see & hear this species.

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