Pine Siskin

[Dana Perkins]

http://i583.photobucket.com/albums/ss278/birdphotos/PineSiskin.jpg

Canon 5D, 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 640,
300mm f/2.8 + 1.4xtc, focal length 420mm, no flash, tripod

A frequent backyard visitor. I appreciate your comments and suggestions for improvement.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Dana,
This is superb...I like the composition, image and capture just the way it is...the details are sharp and the color rendition is very good. You have a good head angle and clear sharp eye...I like the natural framing of your subject by the surrounding leaves...well done...looking forward to more...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Dana

Like the careful framing most of all to avoid merges !!! Really nice !!! ... might be common but one difficult little bird to capture !!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Dana, I like your capture with the uncluttered BG. Good pose and eye contact. It just looks like you have oversharpened your bird:) Looking forward to more!

[Lance Peters]

Hi - I agree with Jackie - appears to be just a tad too sharp for my tastes - when sharpening I go to the point were it appears just that bit to sharp and then back it down just a tad.
Bice composition, good HA and eye contact and a great BG - well done :)

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Dana,

Nice shot, what was the subject distance and how much crop applied. Nice composition.

[Dana Perkins]

Thank you for the nice comments and suggestions on sharpening. Jeff, I would estimate the distance to be about 15 feet and cropped about 60%.