Winter Goldfinch

[Gayle Clement]

Goldfinches overwinter here in Louisiana and leave before ever attaining their bright plumage.

Comments and critiques welcome!


1/320s f/6.3 at 700.0mm iso250
Nikon 1.4 Teleconverter TCE-II
Nikon D2x, Nikkor 500mm f4/D IF-ED AF-S II
80% of frame

[D. Robert Franz]

I really like this image. You composed it well. Plenty of room, the bird is on a power point, good BG. Very nice Gayle

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the perch, pose and BG. The composition works well, too. The head looks a bit soft on my monitor, maybe a bit selective sharpening.

[Krijn Trimbos]

I am not completely sure about this composition. The perch is extremely nice (as is the subject, BG and headturn) but fences off the rest of the photo for me. It does need an extra round of sharpening.

[Alfred Forns]

I like it a lot Gayle Interesting perch !!! The pose is good showing the birds back and head turn Agree on an extra pass for the eye area Big Congrats !!!!!

[Glenn Bartley]

A very pleasant image. I agree with Axels notes.

[Maxis Gamez]

What a lovely image and composition. The bird looks soft but that's about it for me!