Greenfinch

[Jonathan Ashton]

Camera Model Canon EOS 50D
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/400
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 250
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
AF Mode AI Servo AF

Taken from my hide all comments welcome

[Aiden Blake]

Pretty nice image of a bird on a stick! I like how the stick isn't straight, as I think the bend helps some. The details on the bird look very sharp.

[adrian dancy]

Nice work ...good pose and background.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Great detail and exposure. Well composed and a great perch.

[Thomas J.]

The exposure and the sharpness is some of the best I've seen. Good work.:D


Thomas

[Paul Kusmin]

Not the best position in relation to bird and perch but a nice shot nonetheless.
Good feather detail but i wish for a little more saturation overall.

[Steve Maxson]

Excellent sharpness. I like the pose, comp, diagonal stick, and background. Well done.

[Julie Brown]

Jonathan, to my eye this is gorgeous! Composition, sharpness, color, BG, interesting perch, and nice light.:cool:

[Aidan Briggs]

Perfect head angle for the pose, and nice details throughout. The perch is decent except for the torn areas.

[David Thomasson]

Jonathan, to my eye this is gorgeous! Composition, sharpness, color, BG, interesting perch, and nice light.:cool:

I agree with all of that! :D I would only suggest brightening the bird and part of the perch (and maybe cloning out the little torn spots). The background seems fine to me as it is.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thank you very much to everyone your comments and critiques are well received.
David I quite like the re-worked image, in fact the original was similar but the yellow band was over -exposed I fixed this in curves in Adobe RAW, the Recovery slider couldn't quite fix it, then I felt i did not have enough of a balance between the bird and the back ground - it was a little too contrasting but you seen to have fixed it. Regards fixing the perch - I should have done that you will see on someof my recent submissions I have fixed bits her and there but I sometimes make things worse rather than better with my cloning skills!

[Ofer Levy]

Very nice image. David's repost is an improvement IMO. Here is a vertical version with some slight levels and colours adjustment.
Would love to hear what people think.
Cheers,

Ofer

[Jonathan Ashton]

Ofer - it's a good un! A little more vivid -did you increase vibrance or something like that?

[Ofer Levy]

Ofer - it's a good un! A little more vivid -did you increase vibrance or something like that?

Pleased you like it Jonathan! ;)
I did adjust levels a bit, reduced brightness and boosted contrast and colour saturation.
Cheers,

Ofer