Spice Finch

[Glenn Conlan]

These small imports have taken a liking to my backyard feeders. I have a flock of about two dozen birds that have made my yard their year round home.

D4 600mm w1.4tc
Tripod witn Jobu head
1/800 sec
F5.6
ISO 1250
Thanks you for your comments, it really helps.

Glenn

[gail bisson]

This is really special.
I have never heard of this finch before so a real pleasure to view.
IQ and perch are excellent and I love the composition you chose.
One to be proud of,
Gail

[Randy Stout]

Glenn:

Lovely pose, head angle. Soft light, but enough direction from the left to give some depth to the image. Soft background.

Wish the tail wasn't so completely blocked. Could see a version cropped as a vertical if the IQ will hold up.

Nice visitors!

Cheers

Randy

[Rob Melone]

Beautiful bird perfectly composed and captured! Love the pose and head position, the perch, eye, color, detail and bg. It's a winner Glenn!

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful bird, excellent image.

[rahul belsare]

Wow this is excellent shot with good composition and great BG. This bird is called Scaly Breasted Munia here in India.

[David Salem]

Very nice Glenn. I've got to get over to your backyard soon to get a shot of these guys. The detail and the colors look great and the perch and comp you chose are perfect. Well done

[Bill Dix]

Lovely bird; nice perch, pose and background. Nicely captured; thanks for sharing this unusual bird.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Glenn, a sweet image, nicely composed. Love the soft colours and killer BKG.

TFS
Steve

[keith mitchell]

Glenn top class image ,no nits from me.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

Glen
Lovely shot . Would be great to have this in my pf
JohnR

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love the alert pose. Nice overcast light. Details look great, and colours too. Do you have a bit more room below to avoid clipping the lowest flower down there below the tail? I also wish the oof FG flower was not there. Still a very strong image of a striking species...likely offspring of escapees?

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful bird, nicely shown. Love the colors and patterns of the feathers and the perch. Good exposure and detail. If mine I would crop it to vertical and eliminate the vegetation and out of focus flower Daniel commented on. Thank you for sharing.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Really nice bird, love the soft light and nice pose.