Pine Siskin

[Richard Stern]

This one landed close by this morning, so I didn't need to crop much. Had to remove a lot of branch and leaf clutter in the bg, but I deliberately didn't just leave a plain blue sky.

Olympus OM-D E-M5, Panasonic 100-300, hand-held, no flash, 1/320, f/6.3, ISO250.

Some curves, nr, sharpening Raw file in LR4.

Thanks for looking,

Richard


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[Alan Murphy]

Nice simple image of this species.

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp and sweet with a great head angle for this pose. BKGR looks a bit pixilated in spots.

[John Cooper]

I love the pose you've captured here Richard. Greatr feather detail and excellent lighting. A little 'Surface Blur' would help even out the BG IMO.

[Daniel Cadieux]

It's sharp with a nice comp, but I will admit that this is one of my least favorite poses for songbirds. Not an image killer by any means, just my personal preference.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

cool pose and great detail on the bird.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image.I like the composition,pose,perch and nice exposure.

Regards,
Satish.