Bashful

Gallery: AvianPosted June 21, 2011159 views15 comments

Taken last Thursday shortly after my last post. Same perch, different bird. I love the pose in this one and the way the late evening light worked with an inordinately yellow goldfinch.

1DMkIV, 500mm f4 & 1.4TC, Black Widow on Gitzo legs, f8, 1/1600, iso 500, Av mode with -2/3 compensation. This is a substantial crop-only 4.2 MP remaining after the crop. Normal processing in CS4. Taken at 7:45 pm on June 16th.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on June 21, 2011 at 10:14 PM

Hi Dennis,

Beautiful Goldfinch in nice warm light. They are always a beautiful subject and I like the pose and the little feet on the tip of the perch.

Only possible suggestion would be to perhaps tone down the brightness of the perch.

Peter

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on June 21, 2011 at 10:18 PM

Very cute pose Dennis and excellent job on the techs.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on June 21, 2011 at 10:26 PM

Love the pose, and the yellow is great. Great perch too!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 21, 2011 at 10:34 PM

Very cute pose in this little fellow.
Nice detail in the bird and love the little feet.
I'd also darken the perch so it doesn't compete with the great colours of the finch.
Any chance for a tighter crop so you could get rid of some of the perch? It's a lot of perch for one liitle bird..
Nice!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on June 21, 2011 at 10:54 PM

A lovely pose with that head turned and the bird at the peak of the perch. A bit centered but I think it works here.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 22, 2011 at 12:13 AM

Lovely warm light and a luminescent Goldfinch. I agree with Sandy that you could improve the shot by selectively darkening the perch/stump just a bit so it doesn't distract from the very cute bird pose. Spot on techs Dennis; a very good photo.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on June 22, 2011 at 4:36 AM

The colours and textures are wonderful Dennis, though it's the inquisitive pose you've managed to capture that has me smiling ear to ear, nice shot and thanks for sharing :^)

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on June 22, 2011 at 1:22 PM

Very pretty image. The pose is great. I also think a tighter crop that minimizes the size of the perch might help to accentuate the finch. Looks like the crop is holding up very well.

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Comment posted by Douglas Graham on June 22, 2011 at 2:20 PM

Love the crossed feet on this one Dennis. Nice techs, light and comp.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on June 22, 2011 at 3:59 PM

I like the comp Dennis. As this is a substantial crop already, I would probably leave this as posted if it were mine. The larger version shows the large crop a bit, but it still looks really nice.

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on June 22, 2011 at 6:56 PM

Another brilliant image Dennis. WOW, keep them coming, simply superb.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on June 22, 2011 at 7:18 PM

Great pose Dennis

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 23, 2011 at 7:23 PM

Very nice Dennis. Love the title.
May

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 23, 2011 at 10:45 PM

Beautiful image, Dennis. The bird pose steals the show, but you have done a great job on sharpness and techs.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 28, 2011 at 7:29 AM

Love the great perch Dennis, it has served you well here.
Wonderful inquisitive pose, very nice all around!

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