American Goldfinch take-off

[gail bisson]

I'm not sure about this one. Is the angle too steep?
Canon 1D MKIV
f500 and 1.4X
SS 1/2000
f 8.0
ISO 640
Taken at 5:46 PM
Cloned out flower bits on LHS and added canvas on top. Also burned and cloned in color on top part of beak.
Cropped from horizontal
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Gail:
I like the angle of the perch, full up wing pose, slight head turn towards us, but yes, the steepness of the shot holds it back for me.

Visually you can reduce the apparent steepness a bit by cropping up from the bottom, but at the cost of the nice perch.

Cheers

Randy

[Bill Dix]

Hi Gail. Angle is a bit steep, but you caught her at the perfect moment, with a nice head position and lovely perch. I'd keep it.

[dankearl]

The angle doesn't bother me, cool wing position, A bit more saturation would look nice I think.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gail, well timed to capture the raised wing on pre take off, and you have managed to show detail there nicely. The goldfinch is nice and sharp, and I really like the flowery perch, but I too find the angle a touch steep.

[Joe Senzatimore]

A bit steep for me as well. But wouldn't toss it out either. Good timing on your part to capture this action.

[arash_hazeghi]

I think this one is a bit too steep for me :S3:

[Marina Scarr]

Have to agree that the angle on this one really takes away from what would otherwise have been a lovely image.

[gail bisson]

Thank you all for your input. I won't delete the shot in my files but won't do much more.
Will try again!
gail