Female Zebra grass-finch, attracted to bird-feeder, perches on flowering Hakea.
EOS 7D, EF100-400 L at 330mm, ISO 200, 1/250 sec @ F7.1, Early morning light, Hide, Tripod.
Female Zebra grass-finch, attracted to bird-feeder, perches on flowering Hakea.
EOS 7D, EF100-400 L at 330mm, ISO 200, 1/250 sec @ F7.1, Early morning light, Hide, Tripod.
Last edited by Peter Kes; 11-06-2012 at 01:12 PM.
I love your photo of the beautiful finch ! The perch is most interesting, as it shows how they can alight amid all kinds of hazards !
Beautiful finch! Love the plumage. Excellent head turn and facial expression.
Bill made a good point about how it is interesting to see the bird handle a seemingly
precarious perch....I think the perch is a bit much here. The brightness of the white
flowers and how many of them there are creates too much visual dominance.
There is quite a bit of noise in the bg, especially up in the darker green areas towards
the top of the frame....wonder why that would be when you are shooting at such a
low iso?
Hey John this is a cool looking female! I do like the plant and the open beak! is sharp and well exposed. I would suggest some surface blur on BG to smooth it a bit.
May be something like this?
For this one I created a copy (Crl+J) and applied Filter/Blur/Surface Blur Radius 10+ / Threshold 3+
Last edited by Juan Carlos Vindas; 11-06-2012 at 10:42 AM.
Hi John, lots of colour and detail to study on this little gem, and you have captured an interesting pose. Overall sharp, and I like what JC has done to the BG. Shawn has hit this on the head with the perch being a touch over powering in the overall image. Maybe the white flowers would have been fine on their own, but the protruding 'spikes' are the spoiling factor. Pity. With your talent, you will just go out and get a better one wont you.![]()
Great shot of this finch. Love the look back pose. Exposure, detail,colors and comp are very nice. The BG dose look better on the re-post. Well Done!
Nice bird, well captured.
Very nice shot.
Beautiful bird, great pose, wonderful background, and great comp.
I really like the perch, but feel it competes with the bird.
Well done.
Superb image of beautiful finch.
Love the pose with open beak,colors,nice details,backdrop and perch.
Regards,
Satish.
I like the pose, open beak, sharpness and interesting perch. A new bird for me. Nice image John.