American Goldfinch on Thistle

[Bob Miller]

While driving around in my mobile birdblind at Bombay Hook Refuge in De looking for shorebirds, I came across this beautiful yellow bird...In these thistles..I couldn't resist!;)


Nikon D-300
1/1600 sec at f4.5
ISO500
200-400 mm at 400mm
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All comments welcome! Too Contrasty?

[Arthur Morris]

I like the soft look and light here. And I love the o-o-f flower llc. I would suggest a VERT but I like that flower in the corner too much. Pointing the lens down would have helped get more of the blossoms and effectively put the bird in the upper right corner making better use of the near-SQ COMP....

[Lance Peters]

Hi Bob - Artie has it covered - Likewise screams vertical - but that flower would have to go - like it also,
Like it a lot!!

[Julie Kenward]

You could always try a content aware scale adjustment to pull that OOF flower closer to the bird's side and THEN go with a vertical crop! ;)