Chaffinch (male)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Shot taken from garden hide, Canon 7D canon 500mm f4 L IS, sunflower hearts used for bait.
ISO 320,-0.3, f8, 1/1600 sec

All comments welcome.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Pose, light, IQ, eye contact - all extra good. Nice work Jon.
Top right of the frame has a small line that needs to be filled.

[PhilCook]

Apart from that s,mall white line top of the frame this is about as good as they come Jonathon. Loots to like with this one.....perfect profile with even focus all over the bird, super fine detail and lovely eye clarity and contact with photographer, perch is very interesting with the lichen and is a perfect size to compliment the bird, the light is picking up the perch nicely too. Background is smooth and doesn't compete with main subject, subtle tones work nicely with a relatively plain bird....dare I say it.....lovely earthy colors :bg3:

I like the subdued tones to this one, although it could maybe stand a slight brightness tweak also for a different look

[Karl Egressy]

Phil analized it thoroughly and rightly. All I can add to it, that it is a striking image.

[dankearl]

Nice looking bird, perch and BG.
I might try to darken the light areas of the BG to match the dark areas.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like this alot Jonathan. Awesome details, great perch. I could see a version with a bit cropped off the top. About that line in top right corner...did you add some canvas?

[Don Lacy]

Lovely BG and pose the even an interesting perch, well done Jonathan

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent singing pose, perch & BG. Great IQ. TFS

[Tim King]

I really like this photo, Jon. Had the sun been a bit lower it would have made it that much better....but I wouldn't worry about that as it's a fine image as is.

[shane shacaluga]

Wonderful shot. The bird just pops out of the screen

love the grey helmet on these male chaffinch

would love to see how you guys setup your hides and feeding stations as my backyard has good light and want to do the same

TFS

[christopher galeski]

Nice image Jonathan,like the BG,good perch and nice details,replied to your email.thanks.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks for the comments everyone, much appreciated. A bit of carelessness in the top right corner, I usually double check but missed this one! The feeder was in front of the bird so I cloned it out and patched here and there, I then re cropped and moved the bird over to the right so I actually added canvas, I filled that in using content aware. The image is more or less full frame, just slightly repositioned. I did brush over the background a little to even out the colour but I deliberately left some areas a little paler in order to retain a little of the originality, the background is the far garden fence, it has algae, mosses etc on it.

[vishaljadhav]

What a impressive image, the details on the bird are wonderful
i like the delicate perch and yes i envy the BG
Classical execution here

[Gen Benjamin]

Wonderful subject, great composition, open beak, tack sharp, perfect perch & background. Love it
Gen

[gail bisson]

The perch suits this bird perfectly!
Lovely pose and that BG is sooo..nice,
Gail

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot.
Love the perch, terrific pose, wonderful background, nice soft light, and great detail.
Well done.

[David Salem]

Very nice stuff you are getting from your hide lately. IQ is awesome as is the exposure. Great light and Smooth BG. Well done

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent details, love the perch, great pose, very nice background, and nice light.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Awesome details, great perch.very nice background and light.