Goldfinch

[Jonathan Ashton]

Tripod head, Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 ISO 400 -1.0, 1/800 f8

I did a a Photoshop fiddle on this one - any ideas?

[keith mitchell]

Hi Jonathan,I can't really see what you have fiddled on Photoshop but I do like your image with a real different pose on the bird, only suggestion I would make would be maybe a little more on the left if you have it .


Keith.

[Martin Dunn]

a very dynamic and eye catching pose Jonathan. To me it looks a bit cramped in the frame and more space would be nice.
photoshop fiddle? not sure - just a simple rotation?

[Holger Leyrer]

Nice action-image, Jonathan. LIke the lichen perch, colours and BG.
It was hard work to translate "Photoshop fiddle" My translator said: Viloin But i have found it: wangle, manipulation.
Ok, i can not see any Photoshop fiddle.

[Marina Scarr]

Too funny that Holger had a tough time with "fiddle." I would guess you clipped the tail and possibly even a little of the wingtip when he flipped over. Love the perch. I think this image would have been even more pleasing without the raised wings. It's a bit cramped for my taste. I find that it's best to stand back a little father than you think you have to for set ups such as this. We tend to get excited and want to fill the frame but standing back a little offers some great opportunities when the behaviors ensue.

[gail bisson]

Love the light and the perch but agree it feels tight.
I am not able to detect your PP work. Maybe some eye doctoring and cleaning the bill? More likely you clipped the top of the tail. In any case you did a great job,
Gail

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Cool pose with great detail. Perch looks a little bright to me. I love how the yellows in the perch pull the yellows on the bird.

[Holger Leyrer]

Too funny that Holger had a tough time with "fiddle."

Yeah, i learn with birdphotographers english. And it helps. Only the translation-programms works not so good. And I need to work on my spelling. I mean violin and not Viloin

[Steve Kaluski]

Nice & sharp Jon, like the slight open bill and vibrant colours. There looks to be like a 'fuzzy' soft halo around the small feathers just behind the main wing? I would look also to selectively dropping the Red, Blue & Magenta to give a cleaner white within the body feathers.

TFS
Steve

[John Robinson]

Hi Jon
Interesting shot. As for the fiddling. Did you put the background top in just for me ???
John

[Frank Schauf]

Great pose and setting you have here.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much everyone, the Photoshop fiddle was the eye. The eye was taken from a previous image of this bird, the one in this particular frame was very dark, I made a mask of the eye from one image , copied then pasted it then reoriented it to get the correct angle, lowering and raising the opacity I could double check the correct size also.