House Finch In Weeping Cherry Tree

[Norm Dulak]

Nikon D100 w/Sigma 300-800mm f/5.6 lens @ 800mm, tripod mounted
ISO Equiv. 400; f/8.0, 1/500sec
Uncompensated Matrix Metering

This image of a male House Finch was captured from a portable blind in my back yard. Please tell me what you think about it.

Norm

[Alan Lillich]

It works for me. The pose is nice, the bird's head is in a clear area. The just emerging leaves on the perch are a nice compliment to the flowers. A nice habitat shot.

[Eric Patdu]

Lovely pose and great details.

[Randy Stout]

Norm:

I haven't seen an image out of a D100 in a long time, and appreciate seeing this. I still have my D100, my first serious digital camera.

Very nice pose, exposure, colors.

There is a fair amount of noise in the background.

I might do just a little more selective sharpening on the bird.

Cheers

Randy

[Norm Dulak]

Thanks Randy.

This image does go back in time a bit; since then there has been a D200, D300 and now D7000. So you're probably right about some noise.

BTW, my first serious digital camera was a D1, which preceded the D100 and has been my only "pro" camera. That had a low 2.74MP resolution but took excellent photos nevertheless. And I still have that camera.

Back in my D100 days I didn't know much about noise. But now I have no excuse! I should have looked for it and corrected it before posting. Tsk, tsk!

Norm

[Norm Dulak]

Thanks everyone! It's been great hearing from you!