BULLFINCH

[John Robinson]

Bullfinch
Lacking a bit of image quality - especially around the head,- but I liked the way the bird stood out from the dark background. Not planned- just turned out that way.
D7000
Nikor 70-300mm
800 ISO
80th @f7.1
70% of full frame.
Curves etc PSP7
Neat image.
Thanks for comments and interest on my last image.
JohnR

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

John this is such a cute and colourful bird!
You got some great soft light here, excellent eye contact and sharpness. Thanks for sharing.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Nice John! Beautiful colors on the bird!

Pitch blacks are always difficult on birds for some reason. I must have taken at least 100 photo's of long-tailed widowbirds in our area (perched and in flight) and I still have to find one I'm 100% happy with!

[William Dickson]

Nice one John

[Mike Poole]

Good shot John, I'm not sure how much more you could have squeezed out of the shot. It has accurate colours all over the bully and the background colour complement the bird nicely

[Andrew Robinson]

I really like this John. A bird I very rarely see. One of the few images I have seen of this bird that really show off how smart they are and the depth of colour in the background finish it off perfectly.

Andrew

[Richard Flack]

Lovely image John. Like how he stands out and really like the BG created by the leaves. (It may just be my monitor but you could possibly do a little more noise reduction to the BG). TFS

[Satish Ranadive]

What a beautiful bird with elegant colours you have captured here !!
I like the environment ,his pose, eye contact and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[John Robinson]

Thanks guys. Richard- I think you're right. The back was really noisy and I think it had two rounds of NR. I 'll give it a dollop more later.
Cheers
JohnR

[Marina Scarr]

What a gorgeous bird, John, with lovely details and pose. The most amazing part is how well it blends in with its BG.

[Bill Dix]

Another lovely shot of this guy, John. I particularly like the way the BG picks up the color of the bird.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot John, I like the lighting, pose is good too.

[Rob Melone]

Wonderful bird and so very well captured John! Love the colors on the bird and coordinated background. Super nice exposure too!

[Terry Johnson]

Great shot John. Wonderful color and contrast...Terry Johnson

[John Robinson]

Thanks all. Tempting fate I would say that as there are no comments about colour casts or brightness etc ,etc, it means my monitor etc must be not far off. I will be a good boy and stop messing with it !!
Thanks again.
JohnR

[Neil Burton]

It looks a bit pink on the blue channel John :p

Good stuff John, keep it up.

[Tim King]

Enjoying your bird bath photos. Keep em coming.