Pine Siskin, Snow mound king.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yard feeder set-up + blind. After taking great care setting up perches, I found myself taking some images of the birds UNDER them too :-) I was happy this guy chose a cleaner area to forage from. Only 4 tiny niger seeds to clone out! Just out of sight is a veritable mess of dispersed seeds and empty sunflower seed-shells...needless to say most of the "ground shots" opportunities are not worth it until a fresh coating of snow covers it all:)

Canon 40D +100-400L @400mm, aperture priority, eval metering, 1/640s., f/6.3, ISO 640, +2 EC, natural light, handheld, just about full-frame.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_PineSiskin_4152-01.jpg

[Robert Amoruso]

This one works well Daniel. The even bright background accentuates the bird well. Good positioning him in the frame and just the right amount of real estate around him.

[Maxis Gamez]

Good composition and exposure control. The signature is overwhelming.

[joel quenneville]

Nice pose. I love the snow mound and clean BG. I believe some S&H (Shadows and Highlights) would improve this image. You might also want to clone out those two snowflakes in the upper left corner.

[Doug Brown]

I like the snowy perch. Good job with the exposure. Agree about cloning out the two snowflakes.

[Mark Schmitt]

Boy, I like the composition and the + 2EC was spot on. I'd like to see a little more contrast in the mound of snow were the shadow areas are, would create some dimension. Diffuse light works well even hues and tones in bird with no contra-shading

[Juan Aragonés]

Daniel I would keep this one untoched. i like it just in the way you posted.