Goldfinch

[Jonathan Ashton]

Taken from garden hide, Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS ISO 320 1/500 sec f8, all C&C welcome.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Love the wing blur very much, show a sense of motion to the calling pose very well. Very sharp with excellent details and good expose, nice clean background and interesting perch. I would consider crop off the top. An excellent image, TFS.

[Richard Stern]

Hi, I agree- nice sense of motion, but for me the wing and tail blur is just a bit too much. I would like to see the whites a bit less bright. Great separation from the bg, and good head angle and eye contact. Certainly very sharp for 1/500 at that close distance. Well done. Richard

[Derek Willcox]

nice Jonathan agree with Richard on the white buds a bit bright don't mind the blur the head area is nice and sharp

[Nancy Bell]

I really like the ***** willow twig as a perch. The colors match perfectly with the bird. Nice detail on the face and good calling pose. The wings are a bit too blurred for me but I do like the overall image and the energy of the bird. Agree with cropping a bit off the top.

[Satish Ranadive]

Great calling pose captured. Love the colors,details,perch and nice composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[rajojomanik]

Nice calling pose, perch and clean BG. Well done.

[Marina Scarr]

This is a gorgeous bird, and the perch is just superb. I wish the bird weren't so centered, and the lifted wing just isn't working for me b/c I find it distracting. I think if you have an image of the bird sitting on this perch, it would work even better than this one, esp if you set the bird a bit to the left of center. Stunning colors.