Carduelis (Fringillidae)

[Vladimir Yezhov]

I very like this bird. But, long time i can't sneak up to bird. And last september using special soundtrack,Ipod and hide, i made a few photos.
This birds like burdock, that i used for attraction...
Nikon D300s, Nikkor 300 afs f4, full frame, 1/1250, f7.1, CNX 2.x, a bit USM.

Regards, Vladimir

[Lance Peters]

I very like this bird. But, long time i can't sneak up to bird. And last september using special soundtrack,Ipod and hide, i made a few photos.
This birds like burdock, that i used for attraction...
Nikon D300s, Nikkor 300 afs f4, full frame, 1/1250, f7.1, CNX 2.x, a bit USM.

Regards, Vladimir

And there it is - Gorgeous bird,have not seen one before.
Lots to like here - Sharp, Exposure looks good, Good HA and detail throughout!
I might have tried to back off just a little to include all of the perch - the cut off part does draw the eye away from the subject - IMHO!
Hence maybe a little more space all around??
You could easily get rid of the dark area's in the BG if yo were so inclined.

Like it!!

[James Alexander]

Very nice capture! Beautiful colors, nice head angle and very sharp. Thanks for sharing. Alex

[Paul Guris]

Other than perhaps Lance's comment on recovering the rest of the perch if possible, this photo looks stellar to me. Great job.

[Peter Farrell]

Beautiful image of this European Goldfinch. I love thier red faces, so different than our finches.
Sharp, great details, light, BG, perch and colr.
TFS
Peter

Please comment on my images; I need all the help I can get

[Vladimir Yezhov]

And there it is - Gorgeous bird,have not seen one before.
Lots to like here - Sharp, Exposure looks good, Good HA and detail throughout!
I might have tried to back off just a little to include all of the perch - the cut off part does draw the eye away from the subject - IMHO!
Hence maybe a little more space all around??
You could easily get rid of the dark area's in the BG if yo were so inclined.

Like it!!

Lance, thank you for your advices. About back off - i really had problem, because i made a photos in shelter and unfortunately can't to move another place with my nikkor 300 f4.
I agree about a little more space all around.

Regards,
Vladimir.

[Vladimir Yezhov]

Alex, Paul, Peter thank you for your replies.

Regards,
Vladimir.

[Julie Kenward]

Vladimir, good to see you posting. Lovely image! I totally agree with Lance's critique. You sure got a lovely angle and head turn on this one. Nice and detailed...I'd also clean up the BG in the Upper Right Corner (URC).

[Vladimir Yezhov]

Dear Julie,
thank you for you advice. I made the new version photo taking into your and Lance's recommendations.

Regards,
Vladimir.

[Vladimir Yezhov]

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[Vladimir Yezhov]

Sorry, my mistake :(