Very nice John. Great perch and I love the falling snow. Bird looks good but I do wish it was facing us just a bit more. The snow on the perch to the left and right of the bird look a bit hot. I was really hoping to photograph these guys in Minnesota but we didn't see any of them.
Sweet perch. Sweet snow. Sweet bird. Sweet photo. I saw a bunch of siskins in Phoenix yesterday but no photo opps, and no snow :)
with love, artie
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I really like the snow and presence of lichen on the perch. Lovely framing, good colours and nice detail on the subject. IQ looks good, considering the big crop you mentioned.
Perhaps HA is not perfect, but I am sure you must have lots more images of those little siskin in your folders, so let us have some more please!
You got me with the snow and this wee little one! All of the above suggestions and i would try burning the green lichen so you could get more color from them, TFS