Windy Greenfinch

[Toomas Ili]

Taken yesterday at my forest feeders during the first minutes of a blizzard. I liked how the winds "re-arranged" the Greenfinch's plumage :)

EOS 1D MIII, 500 + 1.4, f/7.1, 1/200s, ISO 640, hide.


Thanks for taking a look!

[Jim Poor]

Really nice. The BG is super smooth. This image has a pastel look overall that is really appealing.

My nits: the oof tail and the one streak of snowflake at the top.

[Blake Shadle]

Very nice work. I like the composition and the pose of your subject. I agree about removing the single snowflake blur. The oof tail looks a little out of place, but to get the dof you'd need to have that in focus you'd have to stop down quite a bit... losing even more shutter speed. I just checked, you're shooting a 1D Mk3, if he was a willing participant, I think it would have been nice to boost your ISO above 800 and get the dof you need to bring the tail in focus. (too many words, sorry) In summary, I like it.

[Marko Matesic]

Fantastic capture...DOF,BG and pose are works perfect for me!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

It really looks windy. I like the light, colors and BG. I'm not so sure about the composition. I might crop a bit off the top and add just a little at the left.

If the pixel peepers are right then ISO 800 is less noisy than 640, which gives you the opportunity to stop down more to f/8 or 9.

[Fabs Forns]

Hi Toomas,

Beautiful pastel hues to the whole images. Really nice, I like it as presented :)

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice pose and BG!!!