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Doug Brown
05-12-2012, 10:15 AM
From my SE Arizona trip, and taken at Bill Forbes' incredible Elephant Head pond. This House Finch looks to me like it's doing its best Miles Davis impersonation!

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Randy Stout
05-12-2012, 10:23 AM
Doug:

This is lots of fun! I can almost hear the tune!

Your bird is sharp, well exposed.

I might consider burning in the bright red clump of flowers at top, so they don't pull our eye quite so strongly away from the bird. Like the diagonal perch.

Cheers'


Randy
Stan Cunningham
05-12-2012, 11:38 AM
Bill's place is probably my favorite place to shoot, only problem is which bird to shoot.
Great shot and the flower above does not bother me.
jack williamson
05-12-2012, 12:59 PM
Neat image Doug. Well exposed and sharp, great bg and perch.

Jack
Joe Senzatimore
05-12-2012, 01:27 PM
Wonderful shot Doug. Nice light , comp. and color. Sweet perch as well. That place is magic. One of my favs. to go to.:cheers:
Doug Brown
05-12-2012, 05:01 PM
Wonderful shot Doug. Nice light , comp. and color. Sweet perch as well. That place is magic. One of my favs. to go to.:cheers:

Thanks Joe. This was my first trip to Elephant Head.

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Norm Dulak
05-12-2012, 05:24 PM
From my SE Arizona trip, and taken at Bill Forbes' incredible Elephant Head pond. This House Finch looks to me like it's doing its best Miles Davis impersonation!

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Pretty neat Doug.

But when I was at the Great Lakes Naval Station many years ago, I attended a performance by Louis Armstrong on the trumpet. I was amazed by how much his cheeks puffed out when he played. What's with this finch? His cheeks didn't seem to puff out at all!
dankearl
05-13-2012, 04:53 PM
Funny shot, Nice perch and I agree about toning down the flower just a tad.
Frank Schauf
05-14-2012, 03:42 AM
Beautiful and colorful image. Sharp and well composed.
Doug Brown
05-14-2012, 07:00 AM
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Ofer Levy
05-14-2012, 08:52 AM
Beautiful image! A bit big in the frame for me.
Jonathan Ashton
05-17-2012, 09:01 AM
Very unusual and I think the colours and detail are excellent. I would suggest however, if it is a crop, to reduce it a little bit.
Doug Brown
05-17-2012, 09:13 AM
Very unusual and I think the colours and detail are excellent. I would suggest however, if it is a crop, to reduce it a little bit.

Did you mean to go a little looser with the crop?

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