Am. Goldfinch on Bull Thistle.

[Karl Egressy]

Here is a vertical crop of the same bird.
I moved my tripod to get this smooth water/green vegetation combination as a background.
I removed some spent Thistle heads from the right bottom.
There were some hot spots in the yellow that I fixed in LR.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II + 1.4x III
ISO 400 (could have gone down to 200)
f 7.1
1/1250

[Satish Ranadive]

This is spectacular image, Karl. Lovely pleasant yellow color with absolutely superb details.
Love the pose, wonderful background,very nice perch and great composition.
Superb IQ too.

Regards,
Satish.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, excellent pose with a great HA, and those yellows are really striking. Well exposed on the the darker wing, and I like the high placement of the goldfinch on the thistle. Sweet BG too.

[Karl Egressy]

Thanks Satish, Thanks Stuart.
I just realized that I posted the wrong image.
It is not bad at all just not the one it has the water/green background.
Next time.

[David Salem]

Nice one Karl. Great looking specimen this guy/gal. Techs look very good and I like the perch and the smooth green BG. Well done

[Davidwilliams]

beautifully done

[dankearl]

If you had enough DOF to get the stem sharp, this is award winning stuff.
Excellent as is, the Goldfinch is just perfect.

[Neil Nourse]

This is a beauty Karl. Bird is tack sharp and I personally like that the stem is a bit OOF as it keeps my eye on the subject.

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

Works very well as a vertical, sharp, nice comp. I think I can see where the yellows were touched up, but only because you let us know about the repair, so I was looking carefully.

Cheers. Will look forward to the next version!

Cheers

Randy

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Killer bird, light and pose! way to go karl, many congrats and thanks for sharing.

[Bruce Spell]

This one has it all, Karl. Great angle on the bird, excellent detail, smooth background, and a perch with great character. I love how his foot is grasping the thistle so tightly! Good shooting.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks good Karl, correct image or not! Vertical comp works well, and I like the subject's posture.

P.S. No need to go below ISO 400 for bird photography...

[mohammad reza shahab]

excellent pose,perch,detail.very nice BG.

[Jonathan Ashton]

First class, super exposure and detail in both dark and light plumage, excellent light great perch and a nice head turn. It doesn't get any better than this.

[Girish Prahalad]

superb image! great comp, details, colors & perch.