Crimson Finch

This is a female of the species-the males have a lot more red. A native of northern Australia, though there are a couple of geographical races. These were quite common in areas of the Tyto Wetlands in Ingham, Queensland. Unfortunately, I'm not too happy with the shots I took of the males. I really liked the perch this lady chose.

7D, 300mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, hand held, f9, 1/500, Av mode with +1/3 compensation, iso 500. Processed in CS6 and cropped to 7.1MP Taken October 30th at 6:31 am.

Your comments and criticisms are appreciated.

Thanks for looking,