My First Goldfinch

Hi my first gold finch picture at last..

(P.S thanks to Eric again for the prop )

I set this up in the garden and pre-focused on the thistle, and use a phottix wireless remote to trigger the camera from the kitchen..(bargain Christmas pressie from eBay £28) , i set the aperture a little higher to get me a little more DOF.

D300
200-400 @ 400mm
F5.6
1/40th
800 ISO

Light was bad today. so very low shutter speeds.


mark.g

Classic goldy on teasel-would have prefered it in portrait but still nice as is

Dave

Hi Mark,

nice shot I would prefer a bit more room top and bottom apart from that well done



Regards


Ian

Remote trigger??? Still waiting for the snow leopard I assume. Isn't it cheating pressing the remote manually?

thanks for the feedback guys.. I'll have another bash, with the camera in portrait mode.

Eric, i was about to click the shutter on the snow leopard but a sea eagle swooped out of the sky and carried it away

Cheers
Mark

Nice one Mark. Beautiful bird. It's a shame we don't have them around here in forest area's.

Well done.

Edwin kats

Agree with the portrait mode & with more of the teasel in the shot but hey, it's still a cracking shot Mark & one to be very pleased with.

All the best

Nice and sharp, agree with the above comments re portrait format, good work Mark.

Andy...

Mark, classic pose, probably better portrait but definitely needs more headroom. Nice shot all the same. I also use a Phottix remote from ebay on my D300 - good deal! Cliff

nice one Mark, minor nits already mentioned.

Matt

I love it - it's beautiful - and a Happy New Year!

Very nice shot of this lovely bird,
I like it as it is.
Bertl

All been said, lovely capture.

Good looking image, like it as it is.

Lee

Lovely goldfinch Mark, great exposure too. Agree a portrait with the complete teasel head may improve it but still like the shot a lot