Pine siskin

[John Mack]

Had a ton of pine siskins and gold finches at the feeder setup in the snow. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Big crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 3200
f9.0
1/800sec

[Isaac Grant]

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.

[Dorian Anderson]

Yeah, great perch and sharpness. Sure the head angle could be better but this is what he gave you, right?
Falling snow in a nice bonus.

[Colin Driscoll]

Nice tone and details. Does need some eye work to bring the bird to life. A bit of dodging to lift the reflections in the eye would help.

[Arthur Morris]

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

[Gabriela Plesea]

This is such a lovely frame, John.

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!

Kind regards,

[annmpacheco]

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

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree about the head angle, but I like the image a lot. Falling snow, perch (although thinner would be better), and BG all good.