Male Goldfinch Posing

[James Parker]

A friend of mine use to plant his entire front yard in sunflowers. I shot this from his front porch.

D2X
1/250s
F/8
400 ISO
600mm Lens
Fill Flash

[Desmond Chan]

Very yellow !! It looks over-exposed though. Could it be because of the fill flash?

[Lance Peters]

Like the head angle and the catchlight in the eye. :)

Looks a little soft on my monitor and not a much detail and some BG noise that you could easily get rid of.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi James Just back the saturation for the yellows !!!

Love the pose with the look back Might give a little more room all around Sweet combination of colors Got a winner here !!

Not sure about the point of focus Seems the shoulder is the sharpest? Sure wish you would have used a higher shutter speed and deal with the noise
later !!! btw in this cases I always opt for shooting wide open since I'm more concerned with sharpness than dof !!!!

[Nonda Surratt]

Agree with Alfred wide and fast:-) Like the color combo and I think backing the yellows off would be the trick.