Lesser Goldfinch, Pale adult (F)

[Gina Hallgren]

Hello,

Captured this little Lesser Goldfinch, Pale Adult (F) in our garden today. Artistic license and cloned out 2 branches.

Gina

CC's Always welcome & appreciated, reposts too :)

Olympus E-520 IS, Zuiko 70-300mm ED
Aperture Priority
F/5.6, 1/500s
ISO 100, 0.00ev
Auto WB
600mm focal length Hand Held

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gina - nice bird - you have done well handholding at 600mm - sharp details and nice pose.

I find the OOF stick in the BG to be a distraction (easily removed with your PS skills) - I am not sure about the perch - Diagonal Corner to corner - gives the feelof cutting the composition in half - be intresting to see what others think - ONLY my humble opinion of course.

looking forward to more :)

[Gina Hallgren]

Hello lance:

How does this look now?

Looks like I just cropped it, however, cropped out piece of branch, gave it 0.5 CW rotation, put it back, smoothed with low opacity eraser and cropped it to lower branch a bit more. Oof branch doesn't bother me as I like to try and keep things looking natural

Gina

[denise ippolito]

Gina, I think that does look better! Nice details and pose-well done.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Gina,
This is one beautiful image and capture...componsitional wise, the perch needs to be adjusted or shifted over so that it does not come out of the intersecting corners of the frame...also need to remove the out of focus branch on the lower side...the exposure is dead on and you have great details and very good color rendition...the head angle and eye contact are in check...congrats on this beautiful capture...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Gus Cobos]

The second one corrected the top corner, now you need to adjust the bottom one...:):cool:

[Gina Hallgren]

On second thought, "Bye bye oofy" :p

Gina

[Gina Hallgren]

Hello Gus,

Now it's your turn . . . I'm working my PS boy overtime :eek::eek::eek:

Gina

[Gus Cobos]

Third one is a charm...;):D This is what I'm talking about Gina...well done...proud of you...a wall hanger indeed...:):cool:

[Nonda Surratt]

Tada! Nice Gina..Very pretty bird, love the BG colors

[Lance Peters]

Third repost is spot on Gina - Well Done !!!

[Katie Rupp]

I'm chiming in here late, Gina, and that means I can see the progression that led you to a very special final image. Congrats!

[Alfred Forns]

Another vote for the third re post !!! Looking good !!

[Christopher Miller]

Beautiful photo! I love how the BG colors complement the bird.
Well done!

[Lance Peters]

Third repost is awesome :)