House Finch

[nancy hazen]

I am trying to learn how to use Lightroom and PS5. So many tutorials and I'm following a book that walks through the steps. This male house finch was very curious about my camera.
Canon7D 100-400 lens
400mm
1/1600
F8
ISO 250
flash

Thanks for looking and any CC.
Nancy

[John Chardine]

Hi Nancy- you have a very sharp image of a House Finch here. I like the inquisitive look. It's too bad the leaf hides the tail of the bird. Not much you can do about that. I might take a little off the right and go for a bit more of a vertical crop. The use of flash is hard to detect here, which is good. I'm surprised the flash didn't fill in under the tail a bit more. It looks like you are on the right track with your processing.

[nancy hazen]

Hi Nancy- you have a very sharp image of a House Finch here. I like the inquisitive look. It's too bad the leaf hides the tail of the bird. Not much you can do about that. I might take a little off the right and go for a bit more of a vertical crop. The use of flash is hard to detect here, which is good. I'm surprised the flash didn't fill in under the tail a bit more. It looks like you are on the right track with your processing.

Thanks John. I think you have a great idea with a further crop. I wish I had gotten the tail too. Thanks for looking and the suggestions.
Nancy

[Kerry Perkins]

Nancy, nice and sharp with good color rendition. I like the pose and eye contact. As John mentions, the tail would be good to have but it's something to remember for next time. Very good job with the flash, it looks just right to me. I think John's crop suggestion is good also.

Keep them coming!

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Nancy what was flash setting, light looks good, love the pose. Vertical crop could work, maybe repost with options. Great job with a beautiful species.

[nancy hazen]

Nancy, nice and sharp with good color rendition. I like the pose and eye contact. As John mentions, the tail would be good to have but it's something to remember for next time. Very good job with the flash, it looks just right to me. I think John's crop suggestion is good also.

Keep them coming!

Thanks for looking and kind words Kerry. I am going to try that crop. Now that school is out I finally have a bit more time for photography!
Nancy

[nancy hazen]

Nancy what was flash setting, light looks good, love the pose. Vertical crop could work, maybe repost with options. Great job with a beautiful species.

Thank you so much Jeff. I am ashamed to tell you I didn't remember using a flash. I don't think that info is listed anywhere on my image file. I do think I took this while using a chair blind in my back yard. I've been trying to sneak up on the Hooded Orioles, but they see me even in the blind.

I will try to repost the shot. I wasn't sure I could post a fix.Thanks for the encouragement.
Nancy

[nancy hazen]

Here is a different crop. Does this work better? Thanks for the suggestions.
Nancy

Hmm, that isn't cropped much. Let me try again.

[nancy hazen]

a little tighter crop

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Nancy, I think the first tighter crop works very well. The second one is a little too tight in the LLC for me.

[nancy hazen]

Thanks Kerry. I like the first crop better too.
Nancyu

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Another vote for the first crop. Nice job reposting and getting other perspectives - well done.