American Goldfinch

[Peter Farrell]

Backyard Setup. Sony A700, 70-400G @ 400mm, f7.1, 1/800, iso 400, 60% of FF
I toned down the bright area (oof tree) in the BG and ran NR on BG. Levels and sharpening on bird. I did a second round of sharpening on the head. I also reduced the brightness and size of the catchlight.

[Randy Stout]

Peter:

Thanks for the detailed description of your processing, really helps understand how the image developed. I think the changes were all for the good.

I like the pose,perch and muted BG. Some might suggest toning down the reflections of the top of the beak.


Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Nice and sharp Peter, and I like the detail and colours on the finch. I can see where he gets his name from. Cool curved perch.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Peter, well done on all fronts. Excellent sharpness, pose, HA, perch, BG, PP. liked it a lot.

[Alan Murphy]

Bird and BG looks great. As this is a set-up, I wish for a more interesting perch.

[Pieter de Waal]

Beautiful sharp bird Peter, nice eye contact and colours.

[Harshad Barve]

Super image , agreed with Alan here
TFS

[James Salywoda]

Gorgeous bird pose and bg.