Female Purple Finch

I sure hope they're heading my way!

This is obviously a beautiful shot and works pefectly as horizontal.

This is really nice, and I enjoy being able to study the undertail area and the exact shape of the bill - two points for the separation of this from the very similar Cassin's Finch here in the southwest.

Now if we can only get Bob Steele to post the equivalent image of a Cassin's Finch!

Boy...between this and Rob's post of a junco, I'm going to have to retrain myself not to ignore the "common and boring" species that come to my feeders!! This is fantastic. The pose, the perch, the incredible background, and a gorgeous catchlight. My only possible nit would be to lose the smaller catchlight in the center of the eye.

Your images are extremely sharp. Could you please include the exposuredata (f-stop, shuttertime)?

Beautiful image. I really like the OOF witch hazel. Extremely sharp and detailed image.

<i>"Now if we can only get Bob Steele to post the equivalent image of a Cassin's Finch!"</i>

I'll see what I can do!

Sweet shot Garth. You might try this same shot with a third or two less flash and see how it looks.

Garth, it is a beauty again. Everything just so nice; her stance, perch, super bg. A little cloning on the catchlights would be called for perhaps as my eye goes to those multiple ones.

These backyard-photos of yours are just incredible! Such great colors. How far behind the bird is the background ?

I like it a lot.
Remove some of the flash flare in the eye and I like it lots more.
Not that I don't like it lots, just that I would like it lots more.
Now how's that for a critique? Should I get another job?

Beautiful colours and excelent exposure and detail. All that is just perfect and yet it fails to really grab me because there's not much dynamics in the photo. As an ID photo this is absolutely perfect (is it meant that way?), but my eye asks for something more... a little action or some sort of 'special behaviour'. Still I wish I would be able to make something like this ;). Good work!

Beautiful shot Garth, Unfortunately here in CT they also seem to have continued south after hanging around for a month and a half. Even while they were here they didn't spend much time at the feeders and foraged mostly. Great shot as usual.

Beautiful Garth! Killer BG, with very complimentary coloring!
Chris Davidson

<b>-Gisle-</b>

Here's the EXIF:
1/160 sec, f/6.3
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 400
Exp Comp: 0.0

<b>-Helge-</b>

BG was about 20 meters away.

Nice side view, Garth.

I was only able to get shots of one female purple finch around here before they disappeared. Maybe some males will show up at feeders after the snow we're supposed to get this weekend.

- Paul

You really got something going on, and this is no exception! <br>Great work.

A beautiful standout photo Garth.

Wonderful.

Beautiful shot! You didn't need a male to have a colorful photo this time.

Beautiful color combination Garth. Excellent shot. Love the composition and it's technically very well executed. Nice!

indeed a very fine capture: great pose , details and amazing colors , especially on the fine bg; i would also clone out the too obvious flash catchlight! a beauty!

Beautifully done.

Perfect as ever!
I'm really fascinated by its sharpness.

Excellent shot Garth. There's nothing I'd change about this one.

Wonderful Garth! The background is great and well, as usual, so is the bird.

A beautiful shot. I like everything about this.

Awesome shot! I like how the background colour compliments the colour of the bird.

Nice full frame shot, good detail and exposure.

Greg