House Finch Perched Gingerly

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi, Lovely day in my yard, today, photographed this male House Finch at 3:PM using Olympus E-510 IS, Aperture Priority F 8, 1/250, ISO 100, 554mm, Auto WB, TTL Flash -0.3EV . . .Gus

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Gus Beautiful image Love the pose with the head turn Got a great looking bird with a good bg Could only wish for better light direction Light is from the right making the belly a little darker You should be able to lighten some in PS !!!! Excellent !!!!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice details, perch and eye contact. I agree regarding the light, maybe a stronger flash would have helped and if it is not full frame, it might work as vertical crop, too.

[Richard Kowalski]

Now that's the kind of House Finch that I had in my yard when I lived out in the desert. The ones in Tucson are huge and FAT!!!

Excellent capture Gus! Not even one nit.


Richard

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi. Gentlemen, thank you for all your upbeat comments. I used Robert O'Tool's real easy tutorial, first using quick mask, then lightening belly with levels. Robert's wonderful tutorials in Digital Basics Download), and APTATS-1 CD are made easy to use for a WABI (Without A Brain Installed) like me. All your gentle critiques are helping me improve. Is this more like you suggested? Gus:)

[Alfred Forns]

Just perfect Gus Is all on the little details !!!!! You have a hint of side light but no offending shadows !!!!

[Fabs Forns]

Excellent re-post!!! And a beautiful image to boot :)

[Judd Patterson]

I love it Gus! The pose and lighting are very nice, and that unique cactus perch is really great. You don't see that very often in an image! You did particularly well on your repost.

[Gus Cobos]

Very nice image, Looks really nice, love the colors and bird placement...:D