Goldfinch

[Mike Lentz]

Nothing but snow and more snow up in Minnesota these days, I wish there was a bit more of the white stuff in the image actually.

http://www.pbase.com/image/106980294.jpg

Nikon D300 ~ Nikkor 300mm F/2.8 with Nikon 1.4x TC attached
ISO 400 ~ F/4 ~ 1/500 sec ~

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful composition Mike, and great head turn by your subject. The splash of green in URC is nice. Too bad the goldfinch did not perch 1/8 inch lower...the cone wouldn't have "touched" it. I feel like the image could be darkened a bit.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the setting, pose and BG with snow and agree with Daniel that it could go a bit darker overall.