American Goldfinches

Gallery: AvianPosted September 7, 2011120 views15 comments

This was another from the same session as the last one. I liked the line-up of the three birds, though I do wish the furthest was turned a bit more toward me. Two of them left immediately afterward and I'll probably post the image with just one, also-largely because I like the water in it.

1D4, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Black Widow on Gitzo legs, f8, iso 640, Av mode with -1/3 compensation (I don't have the EXIF handy so I'm not sure what the shutter speed was). Minor crop for composition-this is probably 80% full frame. Normal processing in CS4 except no saturation was added-I thought it had plenty already.

As always, I sincerely appreciate your comments.

Thanks,

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on September 7, 2011 at 11:16 PM

Love that light you have here.Just seems so tranquill this shot

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on September 8, 2011 at 12:30 AM

Impressive line up Dennis. The water tones and rings render a very tranquil image. I wonder what the trade off would be between stepping down just a tad to pull the last bird in a bit and the background bokeh- just a thought.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on September 8, 2011 at 8:46 AM

another nice one, Dennis--love the light, the colors, the great texture of the water, the grasses. the dof here is fine with me--the front bird is very sharp, and that's the one we see best. at 700mm it would be next to impossible to get all three sharp.

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on September 8, 2011 at 12:17 PM

What lovely lighting and golden tones. Superb work here Dennis!!!

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Comment posted by Sally King on September 8, 2011 at 1:12 PM

Once again beautiful colors and light. I really like the lineup and that you can clearly see the eye on each bird. This bird bath is serving your photography needs very well.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on September 8, 2011 at 1:28 PM

Really like the lighting and overall feel of your shot! Now the real challenge would be to get all 3 finches to pose in a nice little conga line!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 8, 2011 at 3:07 PM

The light and overalll color gives this a tranquil "Old World" feel for me.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 8, 2011 at 7:49 PM

I really like the lighting on the first bird, I think this would work better if we could see more of the second bird

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on September 8, 2011 at 8:38 PM

Cool to have these birds lined up and I like the lichen on the rim of the bird feeder.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on September 8, 2011 at 11:04 PM

I think this is beautiful in elements and light and colors, Dennis.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 9, 2011 at 1:03 PM

Dennis, this is really cool. It is like you are looking at past movements of the closest bird. Love the color palette of this as well.

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Comment posted by May Haga on September 9, 2011 at 5:29 PM

Love this shot Dennis. Like how the three birds are lined up and I especially like the colors in the background and in the water.
May

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on September 9, 2011 at 11:33 PM

A soothing, tranquil and beautiful photo, Dennis. Really nice.

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Comment posted by Ray Whitt on September 11, 2011 at 1:58 AM

Wonderful that you captured three Dennis. The colors are beautiful.

Ray

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 20, 2011 at 10:54 AM

I can't add to what others have said Dennis, great image..
I too like the water here, well done!

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