Pine Siskin

[Daniel Cadieux]

Backyard feeder set-up + blind. Just a simple dogwood perch...but I was happy to see this species for the first time in a few years. At first I almost didn't notice it feeding among the many, many goldfinches. Time to go back into the woods in search of prettier perches:cool: BG is brighlty sunlit leafless hardwood forest.

Canon 40D + 100-400L @400mm, aperture priority, eval metering, 1/250s., f/6.3, ISO 640, +2 EC, handheld.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_PineSiskin_3765-01.jpg

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hi Daniel.
I like this image for several reasons, one is the good sharpness you got here as well as the alert pose of this little guy. I only find your perch a bit dark for the compo. The perch texture is good though.

[Dan Streiffert]

Nice sharp capture. I like the soft background colors. You must be having much nicer weather than we are in Seattle...

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great find and details. I hope they will hang around for a while since I'm not too crazy about the perch. :)

[bill kominsky]

Agree with all the above Daniel very nicely done, I will be posting something very similar and hope it appeard this good.

Bill

[Wayne Wood]

Very nice Dan, I don't mind the perch at all and would be ecstatic to have this in my files

[Stu Bowie]

Pin sharp, with lovely complimentary colours in the BG.