Male House Finch

[Paul Merritt]

Canon 40D w/400 5.6L Av Mode ISO 100 1/200 sec f/8.0 spot metering

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[Doug Brown]

Nice and sharp with good eye contact Paul! BG is quite nice. Light looks a little harsh, but you handled it well. I almost never use ISO 100 when photographing birds. I like as much shutter speed as possible. On the 40D, you can use ISO 400 with little to no noise. Thanks for posting!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Really lovely color and detail Paul and the eye contact is good. The angle is slightly steep and wondered if it would have been possible to move back a bit. Excellent BG as well Very nice work Paul.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the inquisitive pose and details. I would give it a bit more room bottom and right and fill flash would have helped in this light. I agree that ISO 200 and 400 would have been fine.