Mr. Goldfinch

[Filomena Larson]

Didn't have enough time to get out in the woods today so I thought I would try some backyard birds.
C and C welcome. Thanks for looking. :)

Canon 40D
700mm
f/5.6
1/400
ISO 320
spot meter

[ChasMcRae]

Beautiful color but would sharpen the eye-head some. Great background and would have liked the body to clear the perch.Overall I like it.
Chas.

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice Filomena. Lucky you to have such a pretty back yard bird. Perhaps a bit of bg noise. Nicely done. Dave

[Randy Stout]

Filomena:

Handsome fellow. Well exposed. I agree about a bit more sharpening on the eye/head, and I would try to increase the contrast slightly on the eye to bring up the catchlight a bit.

I see the noise Dave mentioned, and you should be able to smooth it out if bothers you.

thanks for sharing!

Randy

[Danny Laredo]

Lovely image Filomena, nice head turn and good b/g which helps the bird to pop out :)

[Ramon M. Casares]

Lovely light, great pose, nice BG, colors and adetail, the one nit, that to me is not that tragic, is the fact that the perch is covering the bird's chest.
Congratulations.