Goldfinch and Sunflowers

[Scott Frye]

Lesser Goldfinch at Gilbert Water Ranch (Gilbert, Arizona)

1/640 at F11 and ISO400 EC -2/3
Bigma at 600mm
Canon 40D

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice perch, BG and eye contact. The light looks a bit harsh and I might give it a bit more room top and bottom.

[Randy Stout]

Scott:

I like the feeding action here. Nice exposure and colors in BG.
The plane of focus looks like it was a bit behind the bird, as both flowers are a bit sharper to my eye. With F11, I would have thought it would cover it, but it didn't quite. I think it would be worthwhile to check where you focus point was.

Although I really like the idea of framing the bird with the two flowers, I think the image might be better without the large flower on the right. It is so powerful an element in the image that it detracts from the bird, at least for me.

Hopefully some other folks will chime in with their take on the composition.

Thanks for sharing!

Randy