Pine Siskin

**Mike Lentz** · 02-23-2009, 10:32 AM

We are having a bit of an erruption this year in Minnesota on Pine Siskins and Common Redpolls. Here is a Pine Siskin from the neighborhood.

Nikon D300 ~ Nikkor 300mm F/2.8
ISO 400 ~ F/5.6 ~ 1/1600 sec

**Doug Brown** · 02-23-2009, 10:39 AM

Like the perch, pose, and BG Mike! The bird looks a little soft on my monitor, and some of the whites look a little hot.

**Ramon M. Casares** · 02-23-2009, 11:54 AM

Nice pose, perch, BG and detail, light is good. Congratulations!

**Rene Quenneville** · 02-23-2009, 12:33 PM

Beautiful, nice bird and background. The eye seems a little soft. You could clone out the piece of lichen that touches the tip of the tail.

**Raymond Barlow** · 02-23-2009, 03:47 PM

a very nice shot Mike., maybe a little head movement from the bird caused this to be a little soft.

Axel Hildebrandt · 02-23-2009, 04:54 PM

I like the perch, pose and BG. The wings look a bit oversharpened and I would selectively sharpen the head more.

Art Kornienko · 02-23-2009, 07:06 PM

The erruption seems widespread indeed. Some of the whites a bit hot, great perch, lighting and bg.

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