American Goldfinch

[dankearl]

In nice spring breeding color.
Obviously a feeding Goldfinch....
D500, 500mm (300 f2.8 w 1.7), f5.6, 1/2500, iso640
Settings were for flying Ospreys, he showed up fortunately a few feet away.
PP in Capture one.
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[Colin Driscoll]

Good looking bird, outsize feet and claws for a small bird.

[arash_hazeghi]

looking good, pose and everything is great, BG could be better

the details look a bit contrary/coarse/crunchy to my eye. Are just using capture one to generate the final image for posting? It's awesome for RAW conversion and what I use but I don't think it's ready yet to do all of the steps including final sharpening after you resize the photo like photoshop does. I still pay for photoshop only to use the plugins and the resize + smart sharpen feature.

TFS

[gail bisson]

Terrific close-up of this yellow jewel!
I like your comp.
Image seems a bit contrasty- likely due to stronger light?
I like the little bit of spider web and am glad you left it in,
Gail

[Arthur Morris]

the Sharp for sure. The high contrast, distracting BKGR, the crud on the bill, and the pose do now work for me.

with love, artie

[John Mack]

Nice view of this goldfinch. The breeding plummage is great.