Lesser Goldfinch

[Diane Miller]

This cutie was checking out our feeders. I'm wondering if it is a juvenile? It looks so freshly minted.

Canon 1DX2, 100-400 II + 1.4X III at 560mm, ISO 3200, f/10, 1/200 sec. Foggy morning. Exposure down 0.8 and Shadows lifted just a bit in LR. Into PS for some cloning on the perch. NR on BG, but hardly needed. A tweak of sharpening on the bird to further enhance the fern-like, well-defined feathers. (They were about as sharp as could be in the raw file.) Cropped to 25% of the original frame, as I was set up for larger birds.

The edge of the wing looks like a cutout but it hasn't been touched. The file was that sharp.

[William Dickson]

Lovely image Diane. You captured the bird in a great pose. The colours throughout the image blend well. Can I see motion blur? on the head and chest areas..

Will

[Diane Miller]

Don't think so -- here's a 100%. Remember, the OP is already cropped to 25% of the original frame. Not bad for ISO 3200, I think.

[William Dickson]

The image I commented on was another, it was a juve bird, different pose, with a shutter speed of 1/200.

did you post another one. This one looks great, love the detail and the colours throughout fit well

Will

[Diane Miller]

Thanks! As soon as I posted I scrolled up and saw I had put in the wrong image -- one of a nuthatch. I went right back in and changed it but you must have come across it just before I got it fixed.

[William Dickson]

Thanks! As soon as I posted I scrolled up and saw I had put in the wrong image -- one of a nuthatch. I went right back in and changed it but you must have come across it just before I got it fixed.

I thought I had been 'seeing things'

Thanks for that Diane

Will

[Isaac Grant]

For such a huge crop and ISO the image quality has held up very well. Details are nice and the background is as well. I do find the bird to be a bit flat. Probably due to the fog but perhaps more contrast or upping the midtones would help set the bird off as well. If you have more room I would prefer more room on the right for the bird to look into. Maybe take some off of the left side and add it to the right side.

[Diane Miller]

Isaac, two good points. I agree. I tend to go on the flat side with images, and did feel the bird was too centered after see it here. Will fix both issues.

[Glenn Conlan]

Very pleasing image love the colors of the bird and Bg, I think Isaacs comments are good ones to improve a very nice capture

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nice indeed, a flat image - not so sure but I have noted that some of my recent posts have been perceived as a little flat! I like the colours and the definition, I haven't seen one of these birds but it is not unlike some of our chicks and the colouration from that standpoint looks ok to me.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Awesome shot. Beautiful sharp image. I Love the perch.

[Glennie Passier]

How beautiful Diane! Gorgeous BG and of course, the bird is brilliant. How sharp is that! Amazing. I think with Isaac's composition idea may work very well.

[Ritesh Nangare]

Beautiful Sharp detailed image ......

What more i can say about this beautiful shot......

TFS....

[keith mitchell]

Diane the feather detail and lovely natural texture make this image for me,bg sets it off nicely,smashing job.

Keith.