Female House Finch

[Joel Eade]

Setup using a feeder and hide
1DMKIII
300mm 2.8L + 1.4 TC II
Tripod + Wimberly II
580 EXII + Better Beamer ETTL at -1 1/3 stops
1/640
f/5.6
ISO 800
Evaluative metering
Manual Mode

[Dave Leroy]

Really nailed this one.

Pose, focus, bg and composition look as good as it can get.

Nice dof as well.

I am only starting to use flash but this also looks very well done.

If mine, I might bring the midtones down a bit just to see.

Very nice.

Dave

[Julie Kenward]

Lovely image, Joel. Very nice comp on this and the exposure is very good - the whites seem creamy and full of detail so great job there.

If anything to improve I guess I'd say more of a view of the tail would be nice. As is it feels a little disconnected from the rest of the body. Still a very strong image IMO. Nicely done!

[Paul Guris]

Nice image. FYI, the bird is a female Purple Finch. The face pattern, form and color of the breast streaks, and bill shape all point to that species rather than House Finch.

[Johan Kruger]

Very nicely done Joel, so much detail :)

[James Shadle]

Joel,
The only thing I can add is - for my taste, I'd like to see the subject smaller in the frame with a little more tree trunk. IMO this would make an excellent image even stronger.

[nancy hazen]

Very nice! Great focus on the eye and I like the vertical shot.
Nancy