American Goldfinch

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken tonight at my backyard setup. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 40D
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 640
f6.3
1/100s
Ev 0.67
Tripod

[laurie golden]

Jim,

I love the bird and the perch. The fluffy feathers on the bird soften the usually hard lines of the goldfinch. And the bird is sharp. I would try to reduce the noise on the background a little.

[Jamie Douglas]

Sweet garden set up Jim and awesome subject. Such vibrant plumage.

I'd also try and run another round of NR on the BG and maybe reduce the contrast just a tad.

Jamie

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jim, well placed in the frame, and I like the softer yellows on the goldfinch. The perch has lots of character, and NR already mentioned.

[David Salem]

Great tight shot. Good comp, IQ and details. Contrast and noise reduction will make a nice shot even better. Nice perch too...

David

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of beautiful bird.I like the pose,colors,perch and lights.

Regards,
Satish.

[Arthur Morris]

Like the image and the image design. A tiny crop from the left would be in order. For the repost I ran Blur/Surface Blur to clean up the BKGR and added density to the light YELLOWs with a 22% Linear Burn on a layer with a Hide-All masks painted out as needed.

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions. Arthur I really like what you did with the image, thanks for information and time.

[Arthur Morris]

You are most welcome Jim.