American Goldfinch

[Joel Eade]

Backyard setup
1D MKIII
300 mm 2.8L IS USM + 1.4TC II
Tripod
Manual mode
Evaluative Metering
ISO 1000
f/7.1
1/250
Flash 580 EXII at 1/8 power manual

[Don Lacy]

Hi Joel, I like everything about this image expect the end of the perch and also the angle I would prefer if coming from the corner.

[Peter Farrell]

Really nice detail on the bird, Joel. I like your composition but agree with Don about the end of the perch. I see a white line under and along the tail. I get a lot of these to my feeder but they don't like my perches.
Peter

[Doug Brown]

The soft light works well with the BG. Nice head angle. Might sharpen just a little more. Agree with the others about the perch.

[Joel Eade]

Thanks for looking and commenting, is this better?

[Doug Brown]

The sharpening looks better. If I were going to recrop I'd take a little off the top, leaving it in a horizontal format.