Common chaffinch

Gallery: AvianPosted May 17, 2010118 views6 comments

This (quite) common chaffinch was singing on the top of a Lagerstroemia tree in our garden last saturday (the first day without rain after two weeks).

Thanks for looking

D&L

Canon 40D, EF100-400@400, f/7.1, 1/500sec, ISO800, HH, 75% of original

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Giorgio Gregori on May 17, 2010 at 1:48 PM

Very nice pose and setting.
I like the diffuse light. Both the offshoots and the bird song say it's spring.
Giorgio.

Registered on November 16, 2007, 87 Posts, 793 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on May 17, 2010 at 3:19 PM

Beautiful setting for this singer, D&L. Very nice composition and background!

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Comment posted by KC Choo on May 17, 2010 at 5:20 PM

This is nicely done, although I am not too keen on the lopped off "perches".

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on May 17, 2010 at 5:49 PM

Very nice "fringuello", Daniel & Loana. I like it.

You should be able to get a little closer...
Mauro

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on May 18, 2010 at 9:34 AM

I like the colors, the singing pose and the nicely OOF background. My only nit is the cut off branches.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on May 18, 2010 at 4:24 PM

Thank you all for the passage and for the comments.
About the tree: this kind of tree, quite common here in italian gardens, is usually lopped every year to give the proper shape; the flowers are produced on the new branches.
The bird like it a lot!

Ciao
D&L

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