Pine Sisken 'Lichen' the Perch

[Scott Grant]

D300
500mm VR
1.4X Nikkor Teleconverter
1/800
f5.6
ISO200
0EV
Fill Flash from SB-800 and BB, TTL-BL @ 0EV

Slight crop and tweak in NX2 to finish. Approx 90% of frame.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Very nice image, it has a very sepcial mood, god comp, colors, textures, comp, detail, light, BG and perch. COngratulations!

[Kobus Tollig]

Super well done. Great exposure and comp and bg.

[Mike Lentz]

Very nice BG and pose. I might be inclined to crop some off the right side of the image.
Nik Filter?

[Scott Grant]

thanks all!

no Nik filter Mike. i was thinking of cropping more from the right but i always seem to crop too tight and thought it may not be a good idea.

[Nagesh Mula]

Wow, i like this picture very much. Very sharp, smooth BG and the little yellow at the back elevates the bird more.

[Dick Glover]

Scott,
Very sharp. I like the composition, and the background highlighting the bird is special. Thanks for sharing.
Dick

[Gayle Clement]

Beautiful sharp siskin and really amazing background. I agree with cropping just a bit on the right.

[Stu Bowie]

Scott, pin sharp, with stunning light. I like the perch too.

[Scott Grant]

thanks for the kind words and critique!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I don't mind the crop as is, but I would have liked if you had pointed the lens down a wee bit more as I find the mossy "ball" rather close to the bottom edge. Otherwise a fine image, I like it alot!!