Fledgling Goldfinch

Gallery: AvianPosted August 29, 2016142 views6 comments

When the Goldfinches come in they have a wide range of plumage from a downy appearance to almost full grown first winter plumage and quite a bit of variety in the latter. We have one this year with a brilliant yellow cap that I haven't been able to photograph yet. This image is from early July and is one of the downy looking variety.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 562 mm, hand held, f/6.3, 1/500, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to an 8.4 MP 4x5 before resizing. Taken at 8:06 PM on July 3rd.

Comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by May Haga on August 29, 2016 at 8:51 PM

Lovely capture.
May

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on August 29, 2016 at 9:03 PM

Very pleasant image to view. The color palette is very nice. Love the fluffed out look.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on August 29, 2016 at 9:09 PM

Sweet and a wonderful perch and background.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on August 29, 2016 at 10:43 PM

Sweet image. Nicely composed with a good background and perch.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on August 30, 2016 at 8:18 PM

Dennis, I have dozens of goldfinches in my yard daily and I do not think I have ever seen a juvie this light around here. Especially the head. This is a beautiful image with the pale plumage against that great background. You had some awesome light. Superb image.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on August 30, 2016 at 11:47 PM

Terrific, Dennis. The colors, capture and light are all wonderful.

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