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    I thought I would try out this image on you. It is one of many 1000s I have made in the last few months and after viewing it, it got put away and forgotten about. Maybe I should have forgotten about it! Let me know. I like the way the bird is looking right at the camera and the look and feel is almost like you would get from a wide-angle lens at close range.

    This is a male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage created at my feeder this spring in Sackville, New Brunswick. I think you would agree they are spectacular birds.

    I used the Patch tool in Ps to clean up the BG. Also masked out the bird and blurred to BG a little.

    40D, 500mm f4, 1.4tc = 700mm effective FL
    capture date: Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:31:35 PM
    exposure program: Aperture Priority
    ISO speed: 640
    shutter speed: 1/250
    aperture: f5.6
    exposure bias: +0.0
    metering: Pattern
    flash: ON, FP synch
    focal length: 700.0

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    Beth Goffe
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    I like this image. He's got an intelligent look, as if he's got something on his mind he's not telling you. :) Goldfinches are spectacular little birds and you captured his colors quite well.

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    Yes indeed....A Pretty little bird! I too, like his eye contact, looking right at you. I think more dof to view the entire bird would have made a stronger image, but the main focus of the image...his eyes, are excellant. I miss these birds. I fattened them up at my feeders and sent them up your way. I counted 70, one day at my thistle feeders. Expensive little buggers to feed.

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    An unusual angle, but one that works for me John. The eye is nice and sharp, and it wouldn't have mattered what aperture you used; the angle of the bird relative to the camera makes it impossible to get the whole bird in focus. I would like to see a different crop in which the bird isn't quite so centered in the frame.
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    Lovely sharp shot with good BG and comp. Great DOF used here. Well done

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