Gray-Crowned Rosy-Finch

[Paul Lagasi]

On the day we were at Sandia, most of the Rosyfinches were Brown-Capped and Black, this is one of only 3 Gray-Crowned, I was able to photograph.
I like the high-key look to this.


D300
Nikon 300 2.8
f5.6
1/800
iso-500
+1
spot meter
handheld
shutter priority

[Randy Stout]

Paul:

Your bird is sharp, and well exposed, shows the gray crown well.

I find the image a little too bright for my personal taste.
I opened it in ACR, pulled the recovery slider to 42 to eliminate some blinkies around the birds outline, then made some minor curve adjustments to lower the brightness a bit.

I might also consider a small crop top and right to reduce the overwhelming amount of white.

was this one through the window as well?

Cheers

Randy

[Paul Lagasi]

Thanks Randy, I've changed the image using some of your suggestions, I've added a black border which seems to help with all the white, hope changes work...all my Rosy images were through the windows..Black Rosy-Finch still to come

[Randy Stout]

Paul:

I prefer this version, not so stark.

Cheers

Randy

[Jean Chang]

Hi Paul,

Very nice capture. I like the repost better. I always love the open beak shots, too.

[Arthur Morris]

I actually love the wider ORIG version, especially the high key look. What are the little round things on the ground?

[Paul Lagasi]

Thanks Everyone...Artie, the round things are corn (with the outer surface{pericarp} taken off, at least thats what it looked like, thats why no yellow)...from what I understand, they only use hulless seed (to reduce litter) for the feeders.

[Arthur Morris]

Ah, that's what I was afraid of :) At least they look like pebbles....