Charlie's Goldfinch

Gallery: AvianPosted February 9, 2012231 views11 comments

Olympus E-5, 300mm x 2.0 TC, tripod
f5.7, 1/320, ISO320

A Lawrence's Goldfinch, photographed in fellow NPN member Charlie van Tassel's backyard Tuesday morning. My wife and I were lucky enough to get to spend most of a day birding and photographing birds with Charlie. Great birds, great fun and a terrific time. It's pretty amazing to pick up lifer birds drinking coffee on someone's patio.

Thanks, Charlie!

70% of full frame. Brightened slightly (I'm working from a laptop with problematic brightness). Usual sharpening drill.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 9, 2012 at 2:35 AM

Love the pose and inquisitve look! Your usual fine detail, nice perch, and clean BG.

Sandy

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on February 9, 2012 at 3:49 AM

Lovely shot, Jim. Nice colors and fine detail.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 9, 2012 at 10:37 AM

Love that suspicious over the shoulder look! A nice and simple BOAS photo. The detail is impressive, lovely light. No nits.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 9, 2012 at 11:10 AM

Nice bird and image. The few we have her in AZ this winter are rather skittish and stay high or deep in the vegetation.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on February 9, 2012 at 5:00 PM

A superb shot- A lovely pose, excellent detail and a wonderful, delicate BG on this one- My congrats, Fabio

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on February 9, 2012 at 7:42 PM

Real pretty Jim. I love the little look. Not sure but sems as though the focus point may have been on the back end of the body. Maybe a little more sharpening on the face.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on February 9, 2012 at 8:45 PM

This one really shows off the colors on this bird well. It was great to meet you and Nancy, and I had a great time too. I still don't have any shots of these guys from this season, so you beat me to it.

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Comment posted by wade pettitt on February 9, 2012 at 9:49 PM

Gorgeous bird, nice comp and great detail, what else can you ask for. Well done, I am a bit jelous as I have never seen one of these.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 9, 2012 at 9:54 PM

nice one, Jim--great pose, bg, and comp. I agree with Cheryl about maybe a little more sharpening for the head.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 10, 2012 at 4:03 PM

Sounds like a rough way to go about birding. Very nice composition with good detail and complimentary background. Maybe a slight head turn motion blur but a minor item as the rest of the image looks great. Well done.

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Comment posted by David Haynes on February 10, 2012 at 10:36 PM

What a background Jim. Super image. Really like this one.

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