Goldfinch

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS tripod head ISO 400 -0.3 1/800 sec f6.3
Shot taken from a garden hide sunflower seeds used as bait.
I lowered the highlights a little using an overlay mask and I brightened the area between the bill and the eye a little. Also lowered the highlights onthe lichens. Just a small amount of selective sharpening used on the bird. Recent posts suggest my colours have been a little cold. On this one I used the white dropper tool and checked the colours, perhaps still a little cool, then I used the daylight setting, maybe a little warm, then I opted for somewhere between the two.
All C & C welcome.

[Mital Patel]

jonathan this is a beautiful capture. superb colors and same range of tones on bg makes it for me.

i might consider giving it a bit more contrast

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, these guys certainly have a range of colours on them, and he has posed nicely for you in this. The WB looks fine to me, and I do like your BG too.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful bird with great light and colors. I would like to see less of the oof perch maybe cropped to the little vertical branch left side

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful colors on bird and BG, and I love the perch. Just wish the bottom bit of lichen weren't cut off, but I like the position of the bird in the frame, so probably wouldn't change it. Nicely exposed and the WB looks good as you have posted it.

[EzhilSuresh]

Nice one Jonathan. I like the pose and the colours.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Johnathan, I liked this a lot. the head turn is perfect as it let the light hit the face nicely. colors, BG and IQ look very good. I might try increasing the midtones a bit. WB looks right to me.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks to everyone for their C&C, as always it is very much appreciated and sought.

[Blake Cook]

Very nicely done with a tough light angle.