Goldfinch & Repost

Gallery: AvianPosted August 6, 2016129 views9 comments

Just a juvenile Goldfinch in late evening light and a kind of fun perch.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600mm, hand held, f/8, 1/800, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped from a horizontal to a 4x5 vertical. Full height vertically. Taken August 4th at 7:41 PM.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on August 7, 2016 at 11:10 AM

Nice head turn and catch light. I like the effect of the setting sun on the colors in the photo. Great background. As usual good detail at 600 mm. There is something along side the finch on the left side about half way down you might want to clone out.

Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on August 7, 2016 at 11:40 AM

Hi Dennis,

Overall looks pretty good. Yes, there is a small artifact along the left side of the goldfinch that can be cloned out. Pose, BG, and perch are very nice..........................Jim.

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on August 7, 2016 at 3:12 PM

Hi Dennis
Nice head turn and lighting.
Peter

Registered on July 3, 2011, 188 Posts, 969 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Sandor on August 7, 2016 at 7:04 PM

Dennis: beautiful detail in the wings and tail of the bird and the bird really stands out againt the muted b/g. My only nit would be to selectively burn the perch as its brightness draws my eye away from the bird. Fine otherwise. Richard

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 7, 2016 at 7:45 PM

Thanks for noticing the cloning artifact. Here's a repost with it fixed and the bg dimmed a bit with respect to the Goldfinch. Hopefully it's a bit better.

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Comment posted by May Haga on August 7, 2016 at 10:05 PM

Excellent image. I like the perch, the background and the nice head turn of the bird. The repost improves it even more.
May

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on August 9, 2016 at 7:23 PM

Great look at this Goldfinch, Dennis. Great pose, beautiful background and a very unique perch. You had some really nice light for this shot.

Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on August 9, 2016 at 8:43 PM

Nice head turn and very unique perch Dennis. I actually was fine with the original BG brightness and didn't think it competed with the bird. I think maybe reducing the perch brightness just a hair wouldn't be a bda thing though. My only other suggestion is I might place this just a touch higher in the frame to move it off center a bit more. Still nice work.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on August 11, 2016 at 6:36 PM

Wow! Interesting perch, complimentary background and great head turn. Love the dorsal view. Handheld no less.

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