House Finch

[Glenn Bartley]

Here's one from last winter. Its a bit tight on the top I know......but I thought the perch was pretty cool.



Camera Model: Canon EOS 40D
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Av
Flash: On - 3 flashes for fill
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 320
Focal length: 500mm

[Doug Brown]

I agree 100% with your self-critique on this one Glenn. Like it a lot.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely shot, Glen. Agree re a bit more on top but BG and perch fanatastic. You may have had a little room to push up the ISO and close the aperture to increase DOF but the critical areas are sharp and I see you were already quite low on shutter speed so not a lot of light. Those lichens on the perch look identical to some we get here in the Antipodes.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great one! Love the perch, the light, the bird, the pose and colours, BG is amazing too, a bit more room all arround woul'd been great here, but as presented it looks great! Congratulaitons!

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent composition Glenn,
The perch compliments your subject very well. I like the sharp details and good color rendition...congrats...:cool:

[Daniel Cadieux]

Now that is one wicked perch!! Adding canvas above should prove easy if you don't mind losing the 3:2 aspect ratio. The head angle could be a bit better IMO but still an awesome image...better that anything I have with this species :-)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love the composition and your own critique covers it all Glenn. Beautiful work and the perch puts it over the top for me.

[James Salywoda]

Very nice Glenn sweet pose I love them colors.

[Greg Basco]

Glenn, I agree with your self-critique and a few of the others mentioned, but I still think it's a great shot. The perch is awesome as is the lighting on the bird. The BG works very well too. Great job on the exposure; lichen-encrusted perches are always tough because it's easy to blow them out.

Cheers,
Greg

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

This is cannot be any better. Lovely perch and pose.

Szimi