House Finch

[Aidan Briggs]

I was trying for Lark Sparrows this morning but had no success, so I fell back on the trusty House Finches :)

Set-up. I believe the perch is Crepe Myrtle.

50D, 100-400 at 320mm
1/200, f/6.3, ISO 640

[Gal Shon]

Eye contact, perch and BG are excellent. well made.

[Dave Blinder]

Very nice image Aidan, I like the exposure, head angle, and BG. In an ideal world I'd wish for a bit more DOF to cover the tail, but looks like you were working under ISO constraints.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks Gal and Dave.

Dave- you are correct, I had limited light, and I don't like pushing the 50D past ISO 640.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good-looking perch, look-back pose, sharpness and eye contact. I might take the midtones to 0.95 or so.

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks Axel, I had a feeling you might say that about the midtones. I like the brightness as is, but it is just a personal preferance :)

[Julie Brown]

Aidan, I like how you exposed this. Beautiful BG. Love the sharpness and feather detail.

[Arthur Morris]

Another with an Alan Murphy-esque feel to it again with the over the shoulder look. Only you need to train the birds to land exactly where on the branch you want it to, in this case, about 1 3/4 inches to our left. You will need to go back and study his set-up guide some more m:)

[Aidan Briggs]

Thanks Artie, I actually did get one with the bird about an inch more to the left later this morning. Maybe I'll post that one here too:)

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the setting here, Nice pose of the Bird, good Bg and comp...

[James Salywoda]

Another pleasing set up shot Aidan I bet you can't wait for next spring.:D

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Aidan, loved the balance that the leaves have created here. Well done. Nice pose, sharpness and head angle. Well done.