Fall House Finch

[Dan Brown]

House Finch captured amongst the fall Japanese Maple leaves in my backyard today. There is a lot of junk in this image but I like it! Cropped a little and PP'ed in ACR and CS3, BG NR with Noise Ninja, sharpened with Nik. I did a little bit of cloning to obscure some bright areas in the BG, hope I didn't do too much. C&C Welcome.


Camera Model: NIKON D300, tripod mounted (in mono mode):)
Shutter speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: 8
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -1 1/2(a mistake!)
Flash: Optional,TTL
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Lens: VR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D
Focal length: 400mm
Focal length: 600mm (in 35mm film)
VR Image Stabilization: On
AF mode: AF-C

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Dan! I like this one, especially the red colors in the finch and the bg. Nice pose and perch. I might be tempted to take a little off the right side, but I like it as presented. Nice one!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Dan,
This is absolutely beautiful...I wish it was mine...:D The head angle and direct eye contact are spot on. I like the fine feather details, and the colors of the habitat rock...well done my friend...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Dan,

Did you think the 1.5 was too much, maybe -1 better? Anyway, I am on work monitor and cannot make a solid judgement (assume histogram tells the story). Overall the picture looks great. Love the fall colors and border around subject. I really like this one, pose is great, eye is sharp and great catchlight - well done.

[Gail Spitler]

I think everything about the image is great except for the distracting oranges masses to the right of the bird. Might want to consider cropping some off the right side and get rid of the blubs and increase the bird's dominance in the image --- sort of kill two birds with one crop --- oh no, I'm sure that's the wrong analogy to use on bpn. (Smile)
Lovely image
Cheers
Gail

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Really like this image. The bird is sharp with good details, colors, HA, pose and eye contact. You have the bird in a beautiful environment too. Just only wish the the OOF leaf on the right wasn't there, i don't mind about the OOF ones on the top.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Dan - colours, POse, HA , Sharpness are all spot on - BG I think works well as similar in colour to the bird, which still stands out well.
I like it.
Big congrats :)

[Kristin Brown]

Dan, I love the complimentary colors in the composition. I agree with the OOF leaf on the right but otherwise wonderful ... as usual!!