I rarely use blinds and most part of my photographs are taken from the car or just walking around while I am birding. This weekend I was invited to access a permanet blind that two friends, José Luis Ojeda and Javier Milla (please visit his personal website and have fun with his amazing bird images http://www.javiermilla.es/foto/), has built in the field. A great blind, by the way, with room for three persons so, I shared the saturday evening photographing hawfinches with José Reigada y Rafa Tarín. Many opportunities to photograph this beautiful finches and to use to pieces of my equipment that I do not use frequently: the SB-600 and the Wimberly Head. A lot of fun, nice pictures and great frienship. Thanks guys for such a great experience and for allowing me to have the best place on the blind! C&C are highly appreciated.
Nikon D2X AFS Nikkor 300VR, tripod and WH, 1/400s F8 ISO400 fill flash (SB-600), slight cropping for composition
Bird looks great, the colors and sharpness are very nice.
The bird looks too tight in the vert comp, this image would be much more appealing as a horizontal for me. The bird needs more room in the front and the area in the bottom of the frame has zero appeal.
Thanks guys for the suggestions. The original file is in vertical format and I cropped here just a little bit so I do not have room enought for a landscape format. Will try to have this in consideration for the next time:)
Male european hawkfinch (Cocothraustes cocotrausthes) in full breeding plumage.
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