Red-browed grass Finch

[John Cooper]

The Red-browed finch was attracted to this perch by placing a few millet seeds in the flower-head.

EOS 7D, EF 100-400L, ISO 320, 1/640 sec F8, early morning light, hide, tripod.

[Satish Ranadive]

John:
Magnificent image.Very nice composition,colors and background.Love the pose with open beak and nice details.
IMHO brights on perch and whites in the flowers needs to tone down slightly.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi John, another great eye level capture, and good idea to place the seeds to create a good pose from the finch. Lots of colours to look at, and if anything, I would liked to have seen the end of the leaf on the right that you have cut off.

[PhilCook]

Lovely composition with the flower head John { Hakea or Pincushion Bush } Colour of the flower complimemts the bird. A tad bright maybe and a little too much in contrast as well possibly, but looking very nice indeed

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful image, John. I like the vivid colours and composition. It seems that you controlled the red well, which I find very difficult to do.

[John Cooper]

Lovely composition with the flower head John { Hakea or Pincushion Bush } Colour of the flower complimemts the bird. A tad bright maybe and a little too much in contrast as well possibly, but looking very nice indeed

Thanks Phil - yes correct on both counts, its the pin-cushion Hakea.

[John Cooper]

Beautiful image, John. I like the vivid colours and composition. It seems that you controlled the red well, which I find very difficult to do.

Thank you Karl - yes the reds tend to over saturate - I find this particularly so with the EOS 7D. I have applied 20% desaturation of the red channel here.

[Marina Scarr]

Your photos are already becoming recognizable to me just from the thumbnails, John. They are so bright and colorful which is exactly what I like. Well planned and composed. Lovely setting.

[gail bisson]

Hi John,
Beautiful bird on a lovely perch.
I find the image very bright and would reduce the overall brightness and tame the whites a bit.
The IQ seems a bit wonky especially around the tail and wing tips. It looks like NR was applied to these areas as they appear smudged.
For my taste I would like a bit more room all around,
Gail

[Joe Senzatimore]

Very artistic and well done.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful and colorful image. Sharp and well composed.

[Bill Dix]

Great bird and perch. I like the comp. I would also vote for toning down the bright whites just a bit, and would probably desat the red channel even further. I suspect the bird and flower are indeed very bright red in real life, but having never seen either, the image comes across as just a bit over the top to my eye.

[Robert Holguin]

Lovely shot.
Excellent pose, great perch, and nice details.
I agree on toning down the overall brightness.
Well done.