Female Chaffinch

[Tom Dolezal]

A garden visitor being inquisitive.

Technical: Canon 1Ds Mk3, Canon 300 f/2.8 IS, 1/125, f/4.5, ISO 400, 0 EV

C&C always welcome.

Thank you for looking.

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice alert pose and good feather detail, Tom. I like the OOF pine foliage in the upper part of the image and would be tempted to patch it over the brownish upper right corner. The only other issue is the pale OOF branch cutting across the image - this should be relatively easy to tone down a bit.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Tom,
Nice pose. Toning down the branch passing behind the bird would help.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree about toning down the bright streak behind the bird. I'm finding the bird a bit tight in the frame - a bit of extra breathing room above and below would be good to loosen the comp. I like the alert posture on this gal. and I like the the OOF foliage at top.

[Tom Dolezal]

Thank you Tony Sabyasachi and Daniel for your comments and suggestions. Does this re-edit work better:



Tom

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes, I prefer this new looser crop and eliminated branch - good job!. Although I'd prefer if the tiny bits of branches poking in at top were not there.

[Tony Whitehead]

Good job on eliminating the branch in the BG. Looser crop is nice but I agree with Dan re the near foliage at the top. Some NR on the BG would also be worth considering.

[Tom Dolezal]

Yes, I prefer this new looser crop and eliminated branch - good job!. Although I'd prefer if the tiny bits of branches poking in at top were not there.

Thanks for commenting Daniel - much appreciated.

[Tom Dolezal]

Good job on eliminating the branch in the BG. Looser crop is nice but I agree with Dan re the near foliage at the top. Some NR on the BG would also be worth considering.

Thanks for popping back Tony.