Pine Siskin

[Alan Murphy]

Pine Siskin

Davis Mountains, TX

D300s, 600, ISO 400, f7, 1/1000, -0.3 EV, fill @ -1.0.

One from last week.

[Marina Scarr]

The wing positon and thorns really make this image unique, Alan.

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely colours, BG and sharpness, especially of the wing of a small bird at 1/1000. I like the yellow tones of the perch echoed in the foliage and the line of the perch echoed in the leading edge of the wing.

[Willem Verboom]

Very nice clean shot Alan. I like the position of the wings and the nice soft BG.

Willem

[Jory Griesman]

Stunning image, beautiful open wing position, sharp, nice background and comp. Obvious question for your images, Alan, but - is this your manually positioned perch, or au naturel?

[Jory Griesman]

Forgot to mention - congrats on your woodpecker set-up article in Wildbird.

[Dan Fleming]

Let me add my compliments to this image, Alan. The perch is fantastic and the extended underwing view is great.

Dan

[Alan Murphy]

Stunning image, beautiful open wing position, sharp, nice background and comp. Obvious question for your images, Alan, but - is this your manually positioned perch, or au naturel?

Hey Jory,

This is a set-up perch, just out of reach to a thistle feeder. Thanks.

[Mike Milicia]

Fantastic pose, wonderful perch and background, and perfect techs as usual!

Comp-wise, I might trade a bit of space on the left for a bit more on the right.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very cool image, is it possible to try vertical crop?

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautiful Bhai, loved the pose....

[arash_hazeghi]

Spectacular Alan, love the wing position and pose, perfect perch as usual. TFS

[Doug Brown]

Unique pose. Great composition. Excellent eye contact and sharpness. Love the thorny perch. Nicely done!