Bullfinch

[John Robinson]

Bullfinch
Taken from garden hide. . Bird in hawthorn hedge
Bean bag on shelf
D7100
Sigma 50-500mm
1000 ISO
250th @f11
EV -1
Contrast dow,
Neat image. 70% of full frame.

I tend to rack out a bit then crop a bit gets a bit more DOF. Nearly managed the whole bird on this one.
Cheers
JR

[Bill Dix]

Nice one, John. Good perch, nice colors, great head turn. I might try some NR on the BG.

[John Robinson]

Hi Bill
Tried some NR with neat image but coudn't find any to do which seems odd.
Repost anyway. Cheers
Bill- something to do with a glitch on my signature insertion method Its happened before but I usually notice it.
Cheers
John

[Bill Dix]

I don't know about neat image, but the repost looks slightly better to my eye. There is an odd diagonal line above your name in the OP and RP.

[gail bisson]

Very nice.
I too, noticed the weird diagonal line in the OP but the repost has fixed the issue.
I like the IQ on the bird and the nice BG. Great headturn and nice look at the claws.
For my taste, I would give the tail a bit more room on RHS and bottom of frame.
I could see a version with the thorn between the legs cloned out as well as the branch coming up from the bottom of the frame.
Gail

[John Robinson]

Thanks
Will have a play.
John

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful little bird... I like the colors of it very much. Thank you for sharing, John.

[John Robinson]

Cheers
Joe
JR