House Finch

Gallery: AvianPosted February 22, 2011197 views9 comments

Image captured last week-end in my backyard

Canon 7D
Canon 500mm f/4; 1/1250, f/5, ISO 250
Av priority
Speedlite 580 EX II flash, Better Beamer
50% FF

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on February 22, 2011 at 10:13 AM

Very nice Finch, Marc. Wonderful mood, beautiful colors and details, in partcular in the larger version.
(May be that vertical reed in the BG is a bit too bright and then distracting... )
Mauro

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 22, 2011 at 10:52 AM

I think you really captured the character of these aggressive little birds. The detail is wonderful

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Terry Sohl on February 22, 2011 at 1:06 PM

Well captured, with some really terrific detail. I'm not big on cloning, but agree that white stick in the background is a bit of a distraction.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 513 Posts, 6889 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 22, 2011 at 2:26 PM

Marc, I like everything about this image except that one light stick in the BG that goes through the bird's beak. I don't clone much at all, so I don't like suggesting others do it, but absent that stick this is superb. Might be worth the work.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 22, 2011 at 2:37 PM

Nice shot, catching the seed in his open beak!
Good colors and BG.
A couple suggestions to consider:
- a little more room at the top and right
- clone out all but the branch he is sitting on. The others distract the eye from this nice subject and don't add anything.
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on February 22, 2011 at 9:26 PM

Here is a repost after cloning out the BG branches

Registered on January 4, 2011, 59 Posts, 229 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 22, 2011 at 11:21 PM

Gorgeous bird. Nice feather detail and I like the seed in the beak.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 24, 2011 at 5:32 AM

Amazing detail Marc - well done. I'd betempted to play around with the oof twig behind the bird

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on February 26, 2011 at 2:52 PM

I really like the red on the bird! Very nice detail in the feathers, and the seed in his mouth really adds to the image.

Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments