Goldfinch

[Jonathan Ashton]

Taken from garden hide sunflower hearts as bait.
Tripod head bolted to shelf Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS ISO 400 1/1250 sec f8

All comments welcome.

[prasanna av]

lovely shot. Liked the head angle and the BG.

[Frank Schauf]

Nice perch, pose and love the colors, beautiful.

[Joe Murphy]

Great exposure on this Goldfinch Jon, lovely detail & BG.

[Scott Schaub]

Fantastic image with great detail and color. Nice BG. Beautiful photograph!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, you have outdone yourself here. :w3 Great IQ, and the light is exquisite. I do like the 'proud' pose, colours stand out nicely, and overall, the sharpness is spot on. Killer BG too. Well captured.

[vishaljadhav]

Amazing image Jonathan, the exposure and sharpness is beauty
the perch is so cool along with the BG
I like the colors on the bird , lovely pose too

[PRABIR BHATTACHARYYA]

Great colors, clarity and framing.
Liked a lot.

[HadiAnsari]

Hi Jon .beautiful.Nice perch, pose and love the colors.I love this bird.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Jon, this is just beautiful, classy image, great HA, super BG, amazing detail and nice perch. Couldn't ask for more.
Well done.

[gail bisson]

Absolutely no nits!
IQ, light ,BG and pose are top notch,
Gail

[mohammad reza shahab]

hi Jonathan.
Great perch, pose and beautiful BG.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much everyone, a bit of decent light makes all the difference.

[Dave Leroy]

Dandy photo Jonathan. Pose, perch, focus, exposure and bg all look top notch.

[PhilCook]

Very nice indeed, light and fine detail is excellent as is the perch and a great HA as well. These birds exist here as well and are introduced and I have tailed these little finches all over the bush for 4 years now and never got to within 30 or 40 feet of them....very difficult subject

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Stunning light and IQ. The look back pose is nice and so is your bg.
Your garden is a productive place!

[christopher galeski]

its all been said Jonathan,beautiful image,

[David Salem]

No nits here either. Awesome.

[Satish Ranadive]

Jonathan:
Absolutely superb image of goldfinch.
Love the lovely colors,great details,nice perch and BG.
Great pose and composition too.

Regards,
Satish.