Always nice to see and photograph a target species!! You didn't get an ideal light direction here, I'm sure some fill flash would have helped with the shadowed part of the subject. Interest perch - I like it. Some of the bright OOF elements in the BG are somewhat distracting. A good looking fellow, with a proud posture :-)
Difficult lighting here, Gary. The bright light has blown some of your highlights and you have needed to open up the shadows a lot which has accentuated noise. Fill flash would have help reduce the contrast range in the image. Pose and eye detail are lovely and your aperture choice has covered the bird well.
All of the technical information and critique has been said; though some of the problems in the image can be worked through: i.e. blure bg; create two layers on under exposed and one over exposed and then use masks and blending to average out some of the exposure areas. That said; I envy you this bird. It is not an easy species to get. They can be stunning. Good get
Rosy finch
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