American Goldfinch on Withered Fall Sunflower

[Matthew Studebaker]

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Cuyahoga County, Ohio | November | Canon 50D | Canon 600mm f4 IS | f7.1 1/125 ISO 200
One from the backyard this weekend. I loved the color combo and shapes here.

[Randy Stout]

Matthew:
Sharp, well exposed, nice comp., lovely BG.

Very much a fall feeling without being too somber.

Cheers

Randy

[Doug Brown]

Agree with Randy. I particularly like the fact that the yellow flower petals are still there; gives you a sense of season.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful, love those golden tones, was this a setup?

[Matthew Studebaker]

yes indeed - this was a set-up next to my thistle feeder.

[John Blumenkamp]

This is excellent Matthew... I love the detail top to bottom, and the colors seem well distributed around the image - lots to look at here. What was your setup like shooting 1/125 on a 600 f/4? Did you use a cable release/MLU, or did IS suffice?

[Lorant Voros]

I agree with the guys; it gives the right feeling of the season. I also like how nicely balanced photo it is with the colors; yellow head on one side, yellow petals on the other, the pose of the bird and the side view of the flower. Track sharp, nice light, nice BG. Well done.

[Kiran Poonacha]

would have loved a bit more space on the right brother, But like it as it is too, nice details, good BG and colours.. congrats..

[Ofer Levy]

Beautiful!!! The colour combination of BG and bird is fantastic! Maybe slightly off the top but this is just my taste.

[Clement Francis]

I just love the composition here, its over all quality is awesome as always

[Richard Mc Donald]

Your lighting nearly looks like a studio shot Mathew. I like the nearly colour coded Goldfinch and sunflower and matching background.

Nice one mate.

Richard

[Nagesh Mula]

Beautiful shot Mathew and well composed. I only wish for a fresh Sunflower here :-). Congrats!!

[James Salywoda]

An excellent composition Matthew this is very nice i too love the complimenting colors.

[Danny Laredo]

Matthew, this is super, love the BG and pose. Especially like the lovely looking perch.