Female Lesser Goldfinch

[Keith Bauer]

From this morning in the backyard. This pale female provided a nice look when she turned.


Techs:

Canon 50D
500mm f/4 with 1.4x TC
ISO 400
1/2000 @ f/5.6
Small crop
Noise reduction applied to the background

[michael]

Very nice image Keith, pin sharp and a complimentary coloured background.

[Ben Egbert]

Very nice, nothing I would change.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice look-back pose and good angle. I might sharpen a bit less, wish for a more uniform BG and would lighten the shadow of the bird some.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice pose the goldfinch gave you...you timed your image with a perfect head turn. Exposure looks great, but the strong overhead light gave you a deep shadow which is unfortunately blocking most of the far foot. The small bulge on the perch behind the bird is a bit distracting, and the image seems oversharpened. I personally don't mind the BG and I think the head pops nicely against the dark area.

[Keith Bauer]

Nice pose the goldfinch gave you...you timed your image with a perfect head turn. Exposure looks great, but the strong overhead light gave you a deep shadow which is unfortunately blocking most of the far foot. The small bulge on the perch behind the bird is a bit distracting, and the image seems oversharpened. I personally don't mind the BG and I think the head pops nicely against the dark area.

Thx for the feedback. The image was taken at 8:10 in the morning. It turns out it is a strong sidelight, not overhead light. I too am not wild about the bulge on the perch. I'll see about removing it. This image had VERY little sharpening applied. Smart sharpen at a radius of .4 and an amount of 70%. Guess I should have not applied any sharpening.

[Roger Williams]

Very nice image, Keith - head turn, bg, etc. I do agree with the appearance of oversharpening. I've found that a radius of .1 or .2 with 3 passes at 125% work good for the web (per Arties suggestion). Of course each image presents its own challenges.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent shot Keith, love the pose and colors, the minor directions is the shadow, sharpness looks just finr on my screen.

[Harshad Barve]

Fanatstic pose and perch , BG is ok for me , may be little ( Very little ) oversharpned
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

Super pose with a perfect HA. Im fine with the light, but my first observation with this image was the over sharpening. Its normally more visible on the finer plumage ( around the head, and top of the wing. )

[Charlie VanTassel]

Can't get much sharper than that. Nice eye contact too. I wondered a little about the lump to the right of the bird, but seems like it's part of the perch.