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Female Bullfinch

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Posted by Karen Summers on February 11, 2010 at 2:27 PM
The Female Bullfinch although not so bright as the male still quite beautiful I think

Canon 50D,Canon 500f4L,ISO 400,f7.1,1/640
Posted by Robert Lawrence on February 11, 2010 at 3:01 PM
Beautifully complimentary background gere Karen. Very attractive birds that I have never managed to photograph.
Posted by Simon Litten on February 11, 2010 at 3:08 PM
Male, female...I'd be happy with a shot of either!
Nicely composed and executed shot.
Well done.

Simon
Posted by Bronia Klima on February 11, 2010 at 3:26 PM
Beautiful shot Karen lovely colour and detail, good background lighting everything, a very hard bird to capture
Bonia
Posted by Maggie Campbell on February 11, 2010 at 4:14 PM
Nice shot Karen. Agree the female is also very attractive. Beautiful complimentary background. :wavey:
Posted by John Chapman on February 12, 2010 at 3:51 AM
Hi Karen, great capture. :toast:
Posted by David Sewell on February 12, 2010 at 7:01 AM
A lovely pose and a background that really complements the subject. It does, however, look a little soft on my screen. Maybe another pass of USM?

David
Posted by Ian Macdermott on February 12, 2010 at 7:38 AM
Hi Karen,

another lovely shot great catchlight and background.

How ever I agree with David in that it looks a little bit soft.
Posted by Ian Butler on February 12, 2010 at 9:45 AM
Lovely portrait Karen. :toast:
Posted by Tom Smit on February 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM
Nice shot. Looks a little unsharp around the head.
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on February 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM
Nice portrait Karen.
On a personal note the perch grabs my eye a bit, both the colour and the thickness. Minor nits though.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Justin on February 12, 2010 at 4:14 PM
A well composed image of a particularly attractive species. Slight nit is the eye catchlight which looks a bit weird, have you tried to brighten it?
Posted by Karen Summers on February 12, 2010 at 4:50 PM
thanks everyone,Justin nothing has been done to the eye that was how it was,I don t do much editing at all to my images but think I need to hit the sharpen button one more time by the looks of it
Posted by Justin on February 12, 2010 at 5:03 PM
Thanks for explaining Karen. The eye catchlights can look a bit different sometimes, just the way they're catching the light I guess.