A Different Perch

[Aidan Briggs]

Another male Lesser Goldfinch, but this time without the pine perch. I thought the pyracantha berries and green BG gave this one a kind of holiday feel to it.

Set-up at a water drip

Canon 50D, 100-400 at 400mm
1/250 sec, f/7.1, ISO 400
Fill Flash at -2

[DanWalters]

Very nice! The red berries add a nice splash of color to the image.

[Michael Hogan]

Aidan,

This nealy works for me. I love the sharpness, the berries, the HA, the BG but I find the overall colour of the bird and the BG just too similar. The berries stand out from the image and this is not the intent (I presume). I think if you did a little selective darkening of the BG then the bird itself would be a better focus. But hey what to I know :D

TFS

Michael

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful shot and super detail, I like the pose and the perch. I would suggest however that it is a little too bright, I have looked at it after lowering the highlights in curves and also using Shadows/Highlights and I think it makes a big difference, but perhaps you deliberately chose to present the image in this manner.

[Josée Normandeau]

Love the contrast of colors between the berries, the BG and the belly!

Lovely pose and great perch.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice setup, soft light, pose, sharpness and BG.

[Krijn Trimbos]

Great setup Aidan, nice berries, nice bird, good perch and BG. excellent

[James Salywoda]

So gorgeous Aidan very nicely done well seen and created.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks everybody for the input!!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Aidan, beautifully done. Perch is awesome. so is sharpness, exposure, pose and BG. Keep up the good work.

[Stu Bowie]

Hey Aidan, nicely framed on the perch between the two twigs of berries. Super pose, and I like the light and softer colours. Well captured.

[Glenda Simmons]

Very nice image, nothing to not like, for me.