Not fat...just fluffy !

[PhilCook]

Red-browed Finch.

Winter time here, drizzly rain, cold and dull .....so going through a few thousand image files I never got around to looking at or editing, here's one , only a few thousand to go lol

Canon 7D + 500 f4.....500mmm, f4.5, 1/500, ISO500, no flash, from a portable hide at approx 20 feet in shade....crop, noise reduction, just basic editing

[Ofer Levy]

Nice shot !Looks sharp with nice detail. DOF could have been better. Such a pretty bird and I got no images of it...

[Karl Egressy]

Striking bird with nice background. The pose, sharpness and detail are excellent.

[laurie golden]

I like the complimentary wing/background colors. Very well done!

[Randy Stout]

Phil:

Striking little fellow, like the angle of bird and perch in the frame, background.

Might consider a sliver off the top. The back looks slightly sharper than the eye.

Always fun to fine little jewels when going through older images.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Phil, you have captured a good pose here, and I like the detail and colours on him. I really like the colours of the BG, and yes to a little more DOF.

[christopher galeski]

nice image Phil,nice BG,like the pose,agree on DOF.thanks.

[Wynand van Wyk]

A beautiful little bird. Love the background and detail. Great colours too! Well done from me.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, details and BG. I agree that more DOF would have been nice. Nice image Phil!

[Satish Ranadive]

Fabulous image,Phil. Lovely composition.Love the pose,lights,bg and great details on Finch.

[Daniel Cadieux]

What an awesome bird!! Love the glance-back HA, perch, BG. Critical focus seems to be on the shoulder area...for that I'd give another round of sharpening on the face and go less aggressively on the shoulder/back/flanks. I also wish you had pointed your lens down about an inch or so more. Good luck with your catching up on your processing!!:c3:

[Robert Holguin]

Very beautiful bird. Great background, I really like the pose, great perch, and nice light.
Well done.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great pose and colours.