Bullfinch

[Andreas Liedmann]

hi folks ... got this lovely species in my backyard back in march 2021 . my rudimental set up worked quite ok at that time . not ideal as I have never worked at a set up before ..... so a to of trial and error was involved . at least it kept me busy in the covid times .

canon 1dx ii
ef 500 is l ii + 1,4 tc
tripod

f7,1 , iso 3200 , 1/1600 sec

processed with capture one and pscc 2022, slight crop

thanks for watching and commenting to my previous postings .

cheers Andreas

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super quality but I have strong reservations over the red colour, I appreciate there may be variations on mainland Europe, but I would be very surprised if a Bullfinch looked like this in UK. The perch looks fine, the background shows the subject to good effect. The messy bill is quite characteristic, they eat berries whenever they can.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Thanks Jon for your comment much appreciated .
Will leave your thoughts regarding the breast with you , it is just a matter of taste when it comes to colors .
I can actually see a version with the reds being a tad darker .

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Andreas, I am not familiar with the bird so cannot comment on colors. I like the image, nicely exposed and presented. The perch looks like what we called Puss* Willow when I lived up north. Thank you for sharing.

[Andreas Liedmann]

thanks Joe