Spent around 10 / 12 hours last week waiting to have the finch to sit at a position where I wanted it to shoot. He was all around except for where I wanted him to be ... lucky to get him for a couple of seconds at last ..
Wow, that's quite the stunning background. I can see why you waited for this shot. I'm sure I wouldn't have had the patience to wait 10-12 hours. I'd probably have bought a dead, stuffed finch and propped him up on the fence.
Beautiful capture of the finch. I like the detail in the bird and the fence slats, in fact wish there was a little more of the fence in the frame. My only nit is that the background is very distracting to me and pulls my attention away from the subject matter.
A wonderful artistic treatment here. Circles, curved surface of the bird contrasting with the texture and lines of the fence..Subject placement is unusual, but , effective...tones and colors all work for me. Good work!
This is really, really good, Soubhik!
Nice sharp shot of the bird, and I like the symmetry of the fence slats.
That background is pretty amazing. If you could burn down the brightest part near the center (NW of the bird's head), I think that it could lessen a distraction some. Your patience really paid off here!
Quite a vibrant background. The finch that low and right works for me. A speck in the top center and the spiderweb between the two left slats might be cloned out.
Wow, Soubhik, this is wonderful! The highlights don't bother me, but I can see value in making them not compete with the bird, as long as you can keep it natural looking. Along with this comp, I also see a crop from the top working. Thanks for having the patience to capture this.
Thanks all for your suggestions , I have tried to tone down the highlights and cloned a spot on the upper right , kept the original version with a little more of the fence - does this look better ?
Thanks again for your time and critique on the same.
Wonderful shot and great patience. Have you looked at this with a little more cropped off the top so it's less square? For me a little less background pulls my eye down toward the finch more effectively. Nice job!
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15 repliesPosted a larger version in teh Avian gallery ..
http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/largephoto.cgi?ref=172587
Your comments and critique highly appreciated as always ..
@Dave - I think this is a Male house finch.
Nice sharp shot of the bird, and I like the symmetry of the fence slats.
That background is pretty amazing. If you could burn down the brightest part near the center (NW of the bird's head), I think that it could lessen a distraction some. Your patience really paid off here!
Thanks again for your time and critique on the same.
I especially like the added fence. Makes a nicer balance. Well done, sir!