Lawrence's Goldfinches

Gallery: AvianPosted February 9, 2010227 views20 comments

Male and Female Lawrence's Goldfinches. These birds can be hard to find, and it seems that this year they all came to my house.

I've had a number of people come by to see them that want them added to their life list.

D700
500mm
1/640
f6.3
-.67
iso800

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 9, 2010 at 5:39 PM

Sweet!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 9, 2010 at 5:58 PM

Nice seeing both together like this.

Our infestation here in AZ has apparently subsided, and I've only seen a couple of them at the Water Ranch following our last big rain.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 9, 2010 at 6:37 PM

Charlie,

How wonderful that these two posed for you close together! I like the soft green background and how well the birds stand out from it. I also like the poses of the birds and the head turns they gave you.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on February 9, 2010 at 6:42 PM

Make sure you keep 'em there till April! Nice to get both, let alone one!

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Comment posted by Whum on February 9, 2010 at 6:52 PM

Great shot. To have 2 like that on a perch with a clean background is special.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 9, 2010 at 7:12 PM

Lucky you Charlie! Getting both sexes in twin poses is pretty neat. Everything else here looks very good too.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 9, 2010 at 7:23 PM

Congrats on getting these rarities to come so close to you. Love how they are looking the same way and the difference in amount of yellow. The breast on the bird on the left (male?) looks either a little hot or oversaturated, but I've never seen this species so don't know for sure.

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Comment posted by Ed Dubois on February 9, 2010 at 8:47 PM

You're killing me with this stuff Charlie.

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Comment posted by Jude Haase on February 9, 2010 at 8:53 PM

Great job on the DOF here Charlie!

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 9, 2010 at 11:07 PM

So that is what they look like, I never could get close enough, great job getting both on same limb, well done.

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Comment posted by Bryan Hix on February 9, 2010 at 11:09 PM

Cool birds! I would be tempted on this one to play around with PS to stitch them closer together just to see what it might look like. I like them together, but you could easily have each one exist on their own as well.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 9, 2010 at 11:10 PM

Nice backyard birds, Charlie. Excellent exposure and bg. I like the composition in general, though I do find myself wishing they had moved a touch closer to one another-not much you can do about that one!

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Comment posted by Gaurav Manglik on February 10, 2010 at 2:41 AM

nice comp and great job getting both in the same shot looking the same way. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on February 10, 2010 at 11:17 AM

Very nice shot Charlie. I like how the birds balance out the image.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on February 10, 2010 at 1:26 PM

Lovely image, Charlie!

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 10, 2010 at 1:46 PM

Wow. I want to come to your house!! A nice image of the pair with symmetrical poses. Nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Sally King on February 10, 2010 at 4:23 PM

I think it is so cool that you got a pair. Love the simple perch, the clean background, and the colors. Would love to see these guys.

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Comment posted by Hans Spiecker on February 10, 2010 at 6:19 PM

Cool that you got them both so nicely in focus. With them coming to your feeders, I assume you could choose your perch and BG. It came out great! As Rich said, we had lots of them here in AZ but not lately.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on February 10, 2010 at 10:53 PM

Charlie this is so cute. I love how they are both looking to the side and also very sharp. Your dof was perfect

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Comment posted by Satie Sharma on February 13, 2010 at 1:03 AM

Excellent shot of this pair, Charlie. I like the similar poses.

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