Painted Finch, Zebra Finch

[Greg Oakley]

These are the two drier inland finch species in Australia (Zebra Finch is the more common species of the two).
This was at the edge of a waterhole where the finches congregate to drink.
Alice Springs, April 2013. D800, 300 2.8, 1.7TC, f7.1, 1/500, ISO 800.
Thanks, Greg.

[Diane Miller]

What an amazing collection!!

[Robert Kimbrell]

Beautiful Trio. Nice sharp eyes on all, and attractive background.

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Great shot mate!

[Jeannean Ryman]

Love this shot! Wonderful variety and poses, great background, and light. Excellent!

[dankearl]

Amazing display!
IQ is first rate and everything including perch is very sharp.
Great photo in every way...

[arash_hazeghi]

this is amazing, to get three different handsome species on the same branch, all sharp with the right pose

Excellent!

[Don Railton]

Brillant in every way Greg..

[PhilCook]

This must be a trillion to one shot...amazing and likely it has never been done in the wild by anyone before, exceptional indeed.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent composition,great HA's of all finches .
Love the poses,colors,nice details,perch and beautiful BG.

Regards,
Satish.

[Girish Prahalad]

superb image!! it has all the things going for it as noted above.

[Marina Scarr]

What a super image, Greg, and to get all 3 birds sharp and on the same perch with a perfect BG, colors and HA. How can it get any better than this.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very cool, Greg. Can't add much except to say that this is fantastic...

[Bill Dix]

This is simply stunning. What a capture. It looks like an advertisement for ice cream flavors. Great comp, perfect HA's on all three. An absolute winner!

[Melissa Groo]

Amazing image, Greg. Those colors are just too much, and the background, the perch, and their positions are all absolutely fantastic.