Golden-crowned on Goldenrod

[Tim King]

Took this photo a few years back here in Hamilton, Ontario.

50D | 300mm F4L IS | hand held | overcast
ISO 400, F4, 1/250

Thanks for looking,
Tim.

[laurie golden]

Very nice to get this bird out in the open. I love the yellow colors in the background repeating the yellow in the bird. Good composition. I would love to have this one.

[gail bisson]

This is a nice first post. I like the diagonal line created by the stem.
Strong composition and great colors in the BG.
Good IQ in the bird as well.
I might do a bit more NR on the BG and decrease the magenta by a point,
Gail

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice pose and details, great display of the habitat too

[Raymond Lee]

Great composition! I agree with Gail on running selective NR and desaturating the magenta a bit on the background.

[Nancy Bell]

Outstanding capture of a Golden-crowned Kinglet, with the crown so visible. Beautiful autumn colors in the bkgd and great composition with the plant stem.

[Tim King]

Did a noise reduction on the BG but couldn't find any magenta in the photo
so I messed around with the reads in selective color,
then shuffled around in curve. It now looks different but I still prefer the original photo. Thanks.

[Grace Scalzo]

I prefer your original, also, Tim. I'm not seeing an unnatural magenta. Love the sharp little bird and interesting perch. Even the webs add nicely. I'd love to have this image as my own. Looking forward to more of your work.

[John Cooper]

I agree Tim, I also prefer your original post. I love this little bird posing in its environment and beautifully enhanced by the warm tones of the BG.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I like OP too . Great colors and fluffy perch. I like the splash of color oof foliage lower right

[Karl Egressy]

Great first post Tim. One of the nicest images of this cute looking bird.

[Jon Rista]

Great photo, Tim! I like the colors, and how the BG colors match the birds colors. I agree the OP is better. To Gail's point, toning down magenta might be easiest in Lightroom (if you have it or can get a copy). The Tint slider in the Develop module would allow you to tweak the Green/Magenta color axis very easily...dropping it by one or two points would result in a very subtle change, but potentially result in the perfect color balance by adding just a touch of warmth.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Tim, a big welcome to BPN, and look forward to your participation. Love the angled perch, light and colours, and I do like the detail on the little fellow. I prefer your OP.

[Satish Ranadive]

Tim:
Welcome to BPN. Excellent image of cute little bird.
Love the pose,colors,details,perch and beautiful background. Very nice composition too.

Regards,
Satish.

[Frank Schauf]

Very nice shot. Great background, real nice perch, and great pose.

[Dan Busby]

A super shot of this species Tim. I am sure this gal (looks like a female from this angle) didn't sit there for more than a half second. I am fine with the OP because the bird is true to colour.

[Jon Swanson]

Very nice capture Tim. Good to see you over here as well :)