I was playing around with some older shots this evening while watching baseball, and I was very happy with this re-edit of a 2014 grab.
This was actually taken on my 18,000 cross-country bicycle trip. Getting 20 inches of snow on the second day certainly slowed me down
a bit! My hosts had a feeder in the backyard, so I spend a bit of time playing with the finches and sparrows instead of riding/birding.
This was an impromptu set-up with the stick stuck into the snow near the base of one of the feeders. Good result for braving the -5F temps.
Lotta light let me close down to f/8 to get the whole bird in focus. Loved the original 7D at ISO 320.....
Canon 400mm f/5.6 on EOS 7D
1/1000 at f/8, ISO 320
Processed in LR CC. Cloned out one small dark distraction at frame bottom.
In other news, my Red Sox are going to dominate the WS!