American Goldfinch

I was going through old files and ran across a special day from 2011 when a couple of goldfinches were nice enough to spend quite a bit of time perched in a Columbine near our pond.  I posted a few images from that session including one that was only a few frames before this one.  However, when I was paging through them, I preferred this head turn to the one I originally posted because it has slightly better eye contact.  I decided it would be fun to reprocess it using more modern software and, hopefully, improved technique.

EOS 1DIV, 500mm f/4 + 1.4 TC, Jobu Gimbal on Gitzo legs, f/8, 1/1250, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV.  Processed in LR & PS CC.  Cropped to 8.3 MP from a horizontal original.  Taken June 1, 2011.

Your comments and critiques are always appreciated.

Thanks,