Orange-Variant House Finch

[Aidan Briggs]

I have both the orange-variants, and regular House Finches coming to my feeders, but the regular ones don't seem to like to pose as much. I know this image is not for everyone, some won't like the needles on the right and in front of the feet, but for me they add to the picture and give a sense of habitat.

This was a set-up over sunflower seeds.

97% of Full Frame. Levels, curves, and hue/sat adjustments.

50D, 100-400 at 370mm
1/640 sec, f/6.3, ISO 400

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice bird and composition. I really like the smooth BG and light.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks Juan. Nice avatar :)

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful images , loved that setting and pose of bird
TFS

[DanielTMiller]

Great shot, everything looks perfect, there's lots of detail on the perch but the bird stands out very well.

[Julie Brown]

Aidan, this is very pleasing. The pine cones are a nice element and the bird looks good against the green BG. I love the house finches. I didn't know there was an orange variant.

[Danny Laredo]

Aidan, very sweet image, love the perch pose and BG.

[Doug Brown]

Looks like you're taking a page out of Alan Murphy's playbook Aidan. Nicely executed shot. Looks like you did some good in-camera composition if this is close to 100% of full frame.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Aidan, the needles dont bother me. Nice pose and BG. the pine-cones are adding a lot IMO. Thx for sharing.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Doug is right, the pine cone idea did come from Alan Murphy ;)

[Jay Gould]

Aidan, since the needles all are aligned with the bird's back I think they add to the composition, not detract!

TFS a lovely little bird.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the composition and eye contact in this beautiful image!