Lesser Goldfinch on Butterfly Bush

[Aidan Briggs]

Another one from my backyard. I tried cleaning up the beak, but didn't like how it turned out.

50D, 100-400 at 400
1/500, f/7.1, ISO 250
Tripod, Blind

[Daniel Cadieux]

The bill is indeed messy, but it tells the story of the bird feeding away. Good head angle and perch, although I'm wishing to see more of the stem below. It feels a little light...I'm sure you could reduce the overall exposure anywhere between 1/3 to 1/2 stop. Nice BG.

[Stu Bowie]

An attractive perch, full of detail and colour. The beak doesnt distract, as he was feeding. I can see a few darker patches in the BG that draws my eye, especially one just to the right of the leaf on the perch.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks for the comments Stuart and Daniel.

Daniel: the exposure seems fine to me.

Stuart: thanks, I completely missed the dark spots.

[Ramon M. Casares]

As Juan Aragonés suggested me a few times, I will do the same for this image, darkening the BG a little will probably make the bird pop more. Nice pose, perch, light, BG, colors and detail. Congratulations!

[Chris Kotze]

Lovely pose,super colours and BG well captured