American Goldfinch

Gallery: AvianPosted August 23, 201057 views11 comments

Found this in Osoyoos, B.C. yesterday morning. There is really not a great deal of activity here!

1D MkIV, 500mm + 1.4x, ISO800 (my default setting), f10 - 1/2500, windy and lots of movement of the reeds, beanbag on car window, early morning light. Cloned an OOF reed bit sticking out back of head. Last frame before taking off this natural perch.

Thanks for looking; C & C please.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on August 23, 2010 at 7:26 PM

beautiful, KC. love the DOF with the whole bird sharp, as well as the colors of bird and bg. excellent comp--a very nice looking shot.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 23, 2010 at 8:35 PM

Nice feeding pose, colors and dof to this Kwan

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on August 23, 2010 at 9:23 PM

Very nice capture and comp, and I like the colors very much. Wish we could see more the tail...

I share your pain: our migratory species are almost all gone, too. I led a bird walk Saturday and found just 14 species.

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Comment posted by David Williams on August 23, 2010 at 10:35 PM

Wonderful soft feel, KC, and very sharp to boot! Hope you have had a good year on the links.....mine has been better than the last couple. Lack of bird action "forced" me to play more...

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on August 23, 2010 at 11:54 PM

Hi KC. I like the setting a lot and the dof of f10 was a fine choice. Active pose, although it is a bit difficult to figure out just where his legs and tail are on first look. Not much bird life here either, mostly corvids.

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Comment posted by Dusty Veideman on August 24, 2010 at 12:24 AM

Hi KC! Lots of these around here! I guess I must take them for granted as I have never got a decent natural shot of them. Maybe because they eat me out of house and home all year round. And they are pretty shy too, at least with me.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 24, 2010 at 6:58 AM

I think the habitat here works very well KC, it's a great comp.
Looks like just the right settings under the windy conditions you speak of.
Well done

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on August 24, 2010 at 7:00 AM

Really nice setting and background KC. Also like the eye contact

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 24, 2010 at 10:09 AM

Beautiful, KC. I love the foliage in this one.

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Comment posted by Satie Sharma on August 26, 2010 at 4:54 AM

Sweet shot, Kwan. I like the setting and feeding behavior. Excellent detail too.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on August 27, 2010 at 12:09 AM

I like the feeding pose, background colours and grass stem setting.

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