Goldfinch feeding

Gallery: AvianPosted May 27, 201811,390 views6 comments

This was taken about a week ago and I have not seen much feeding behavior since that time with the Goldfinches. Last year I had many more feeding House Finches and Goldfinches in the neighborhood of my feeders.

Iso-800, 200-500 at 500 mm, F7.1, 1000th, tripod, fill flash at -0.7, -0.3 EV, D 500, overcast, Adobe camera raw 10.3, Topaz adjust, TK sharpening action at 30%

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 27, 2018 at 1:26 PM

Nice! You caught both at a great angle to show this behavior. None of our little ones have appeared yet here.
The lichen adds a lot. Looks like pretty bright light that you handled well.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on May 27, 2018 at 1:51 PM

This is a really great shot, David. Perfect timing to catch the moment. The perch with the lichen really adds to the shot. I think I need to try fill flash on my shots of birds just outside my window with the wireless transmitter. I like the lighting you get on these, looks natural, and you are getting great detail. After the storms move through in the coming days though, not wanting to ruin a good flash!

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 27, 2018 at 3:52 PM

Very nice feeding behavior David, and the perch and the background is very flattering to the birds. I think you could have gotten away with a little less flash here- something like -1.3 or -1.7FEC as I think the whites and bright yellows of the adult are a bit bright in the LP. devil

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 27, 2018 at 5:36 PM

Great detail and interesting feeding action. I like this as is, but an alternative would be to crop from the right to jus past the yellow lichen.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 27, 2018 at 9:19 PM

Hi David. It's still too early for Goldfinch babies. This is a male feeding a female as part of courtship behavior. Most of ours haven't gotten that far in the game yet. Since they're seed eaters, they have to wait a bit longer for the food supply to get to the point of supplying youngsters. Nice poses in this image and one of your beautiful perches.

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Comment posted by Debapratim Saha on May 27, 2018 at 11:46 PM

A beautiful feeding interaction captured in a lovely setting, an amazing shot David!

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