Purple Finch

Gallery: AvianPosted May 25, 2013143 views8 comments

I'm pretty sure this is a Purple and not a House Finch. This is another from my rainy afternoon in the blind the other day. The wet plumage really brought out the red.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL, Black Widow head mounted to blind window, f7.1, 1/80, iso 1000, Av mode with no compensation. Processed in CS6 and cropped to 8.2 MP. Taken May 22nd at 2:54 pm.

Your comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by LeRoy Gunderson on May 25, 2013 at 7:03 PM

Very nice. We have a large amount of House Finches in this area and they look very much alike. Ours are more bright red without the purple cast.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on May 26, 2013 at 4:59 AM

Sweet photo of this poor water soaked beauty Dennis

I like the texture in the feathers too.

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on May 26, 2013 at 7:12 AM

That same subdued lighting, nice one Dennis

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on May 26, 2013 at 8:32 AM

Super details and I like the pine needle bg. Sharon

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on May 26, 2013 at 10:26 AM

Love the color and detail captured on this finch. The OOF BG is also a plus. Nice job!

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 26, 2013 at 11:31 AM

Really nice color and detail in this Dennis. I have never seen one of these in person, but feel like I have now with this shot. Thanks for sharing!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on May 26, 2013 at 12:51 PM

Great detail and BG. Colors are very nice! I do think you could crop tighter if you wanted to without taking away from this image. Sure would like to see one. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on May 26, 2013 at 6:59 PM

Well done on this image Dennis,
The detail and colors really pop against that BG and the pose is excellent. I to have not seen one of these in the wild. Your blind time is well spent as always . . .

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