American Goldfinch

Gallery: AvianPosted May 21, 2016129 views8 comments

Not sure whether this should be here or in Man & Fauna since the perch is decidedly not natural. I discovered several years ago, purely by accident, that juvenile Pine Siskins love to exercise their wings while clinging to a dangling string. This year I decided to add a few to replace one that came down and I used some plastic baling twine because it was handy and durable. We don't have baby Siskins yet, but when things get crowded at the thistle feeders an occasional Goldfinch will land on the string for a short time. I liked the look this one gave me while it was there.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600mm, handheld, f/7.1, 1/1250, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering, -2/3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped from a horizontal original with just a tiny bit off the top. Image size was 10 MP before resizing. Taken at 7:04 PM on May 18th.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on May 21, 2016 at 8:39 PM

I wouldn't have guessed the perch was manmade, Dennis. The color and texture are more like a natural but dried piece of vegetation. The goldfinch's pose is attractive and techs look very good. Nicely seen and composed.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on May 21, 2016 at 10:41 PM

Nice one Dennis! Good colors, sharp detail in the head. Pose is very natural, that it is on twine does not bother me at all.

Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on May 22, 2016 at 12:48 PM

Beautiful, Dennis. No way I would say the perch is not natural.
Bird pose is nice, bg is perfect for the bird to pop up.

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Comment posted by May Haga on May 22, 2016 at 1:01 PM

The perch looks totally natural tome Dennis. Love the pose.
May

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 22, 2016 at 3:43 PM

It's a beautiful look at this Goldfinch, Dennis, with excellent details in the bird and a fine eye highlight. Both the pose and the eye highlight fit well with the perky nature of these little birds.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 23, 2016 at 4:36 PM

Very nice color balance detail on this goldfinch. Terrific background. It's really hard to tell that this is plastic baling twine so I will allow you to post this in avian. Very nice job.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on May 23, 2016 at 9:18 PM

Hi Dennis,

I just put up our tomato trellis with tomatoes growing up pieces of bailing twine. It does come in handy for gardens and finches. A nice pose and the color of the twine goes well with the other colors of the scene. Well done devil