House Finch on Alae Vera

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks

Caught this little gal about an hour before sunset on a sunny day.

CC's warmly invited

Uncle Gus

Olympus E-620 IS, Zuiko 70-300 @ 500
AP: F/5.6, 1/2500s, ISO 400, -0,30eV, AWB

[Julie Brown]

Hi Gus. Nice HA, catchlight, and pose, but I think the plant is crowding the bird. The BG also looks noisy to me.

[Alfredo Fernández]

Hi Gus,
i think the stick is a little bit overexposed.
Cheers.

[Harold Davis]

agree with the others, UG. the perch and plant in the rear are bright and take away from the bird. harsh light maybe?

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[Dave Mills]

Hi Gus, the bird appears to be sharp with even lighting on it. In this case the plant on the left is very distracting and the perch appears very hot. I would also run some NR on the backround...

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gus - well our brothers and sisters have spoken - tend to agree with their comments.
keep em coming :)

[Gus Hallgren]

Original, just the way it came out of camera, one hour before sunset, no blinkies.

Color correction wih a tad of smart sharpen only

Processed this one, maybe too much?

Gus

[Gus Hallgren]

Another to look at with a little less processing.

Aloe Vera shows the Finch's envirement.

The dried piece (Perch) is actual color, or extremely close, if hot would have been blinking like crazy?

Gus