Bullfinch

[Jonathan Ashton]

Taken from garden hide Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4, ISO 800 1/400 sec f5.6

[Ashley Cohen]

wonderful image, Jonathan, great background, nice perch and wonderful pose. I think I should have popped round your garden instead of heading around the Wirral with my Dad and his friend as there was very little to be had!

[Jonathan Ashton]

wonderful image, Jonathan, great background, nice perch and wonderful pose. I think I should have popped round your garden instead of heading around the Wirral with my Dad and his friend as there was very little to be had!

I bet a pound to a pinch of salt you were looking for Short eared owls!

[Ashley Cohen]

Lol would be typical with my dad but not this time as no real reports in of them yet. We went to west Kirby to check out the Marine Lake but there was a Christmas Fun Run on, and everywhere else was pretty poor. Spotted a Hen Harrier at Parkgate as we stopped there for a look due to reports of a Northern Harrier this morning.

[keith mitchell]

Excellent detail and colour Jonathan, wonder if a tiny bit was taken off the right would take the bird off centre a little bit, which ever way it's a cracking image.

Keith.

[gail bisson]

This is beautiful.
Love the IQ and the colors and the suitably sized perch.
Gail

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jon, as per my comment to Keith's image, absolutely cracking BKG, but wonder if having more space below might be better, or going more pano? Nice detail and position, although towards the end of the tail there is quite a bit of noise (some colour noise to)? They really are super subject to shoot, photograph I mean.

TFS
Steve

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Beautiful IQ, Jonathan. Complementary BG for this attractive bird. Very nice detail.



Geoffrey

[mohammad reza shahab]

Hi Jon,
wonderful image.Excellent pose,BG,detail and colors.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Gorgeous shot with a killer background!

[christopher galeski]

nice one Jonathan,great BG,like the perch,good IQ and colors.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thank you for your comments everyone.

[shane shacaluga]

Beautiful image! TFS

[William Dickson]

A cracker

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ooh this is beautiful. Very appealing colours. The bird is sharp, perfect pose. Excellent perch. Bummer about the twig/subject merge but the image as a whole is quite strong.

[Raybel Robles]

Beautiful sharp image, wonderful colors in the BG and subject. I may only consider moving the bird a bit higher if it was mines. Other than that, a wonderful image!

[MiroslavMaric]

Beautiful bird and shot! Nice BG, details and composition. Like the eye contact and perch too. TFS.

Cheers,
Miro

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Fantastic bird and image. Love the IQ and nice light. The perch is also right for this specie! TFS

[David Salem]

Wow Jon, this is killer. The colors and details are awesome. My kind of BG. One of your best. Well done

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful bird and BG Jonathan! I like the sharpness and comp wise I would take some off on our right and a little off the top but it's a beauty as presented.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thank you everyone much appreciated.