Linnet (Carduelis cannabina) in winter plumage

[Juan Aragonés]

First time I photograph one of this guys. Usually they are really shy were I live but the past saturday on the marshlands of Doñana I found a very cooperative male tha allowed a few minutes of shooting from the car. The nice BG color is the same plant species than in my two previous heron images.

Self critc: I should have used at least f8 to increase the DOF and maybe raise the ISO a bit but I do not like going too high with ISO on the D2X


Feel free to ask, coment, criticize or suggest about this image. :)

Nikon D2X AFS Nikkor 500VR + 1,4XTC, handheld from car, VR on, f5,6, 1/640s manual exposure ISO500 some cloning job on a few small branches

[Todd Frost]

Nice image Juan. Exposure looks good, a liitle more dof would be nice as you have stated but it is sharp where it is needed. Losing the branch in urc would strengthen the image(imo). Sweet bg also.

Todd

[Arthur Morris]

I like it very much as is and see no great need for any additional d-o-f. And I would keep the branch UR for compositional balance. I love the perfect pose and head angle, the soft light, and the BKGR.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the the soft light,pose and the bg`s color!

[Mike Lentz]

Another example of how the BG makes an image! Very nice!

[Marion Ehrlich]

Magnifico retrato del pardillo! Lovely image of a linnet! I love the colors and the composition of the image!

Saludos,
Marion

[Ed Grella]

I like the DOF as is.
Ed

[Steve Maxson]

A beautiful image, Jaun - for the reasons already noted above. Here is another vote for more DOF. The image is wonderfully sharp around the head and feet, but the near wing is relatively soft and as my eye moves around the bird it tends to be drawn to this area.

[bill kominsky]

Avery beautiful image as shown Juan and it needs absolutely nothing, bravo.

Bill

[thomasryan]

Avery beautiful image as shown Juan and it needs absolutely nothing, bravo.

Bill


Well Said Bill!

[Raymond Barlow]

superb image my friend, the dof is perfect, the bg gorgeous, and my opinion would be to clone out the branch in the urhc... the bg colours are wonderful.

[Dean Ingwersen]

Gorgeous...great BG, and I think your DOF is just perfect and makes the image sharp in all the right areas.

Cheers, Dean

[Stu Bowie]

I like how you have framed the bird between the two branches Juan, and the BG colour is simply amazing. Well captured.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Wonderfull soft light and pose, BG is great and detail is outstanding! Congratulaitons Juan!