Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS &1.4TC 1 ISO 800 -0.3 1/800 sec f5.6
This is the male bullfinch, taken in subdued cloudy conditions. The shot was taken froma garden hide and sunflower hearts were used as bait.
I applied minimal NR to the subject and a stronger NR to the background.
All C & C welcome.

[gail bisson]

Jonathan,
This is just lovely. I like the delicate perch and the BG. Great HA. No nits from me,
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Beutiful bird and nice background. Nice pose and perch.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Jonathan! I like the pose, perch, BG and lighting.

[John Chardine]

Superb Jonathan. One of my favourite British birds. Everything is nicely in focus, the perch works well, the BG is great as is the pose, head angle and light.

[Richard Unsworth]

Cracked it with this one Jon, all boxes ticked.

[Robert Holguin]

I really like this shot. Excellent pose, love the background and perch, and excellent detail.
Well done.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer BG you have here with a lovely bird....well exposed and sharp. I find the bird a tad too centered. I would take a tad off of the bottom and add some to the top if you have it, or add a little more to the top and leave the bottom alone.

[Sachin Saraf]

Jonathan this is fantastic Image...Loved everything about it.

[Yves Guillot]

a very nice shot! Nice pose, perch, BG. congrats!

[Grace Scalzo]

Love it! Clean, pretty, complete, with good eye contact, complimentary background and interesting perch.

[Morris Altman]

I love the tones and textures of the bird and stickJonathan.

Morris

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Colors , light and detail are really nice as well as the bg. I agree about the crop suggested by Marina. I go with off from the top and then I would also just take a teeeny from the left too. :)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thank your everyone for your C & C, I agree the bird is a little less than optimally positioned. there is a good reason for this - I was running out of Photoshop skill and patience!! The original had the feeder adjacent to the bird so I had to cut that out, that meant the perch looked shopped off in the middle of the frame, the bird was also too far to the right, so I had to add canvas left and right and also extend the perch left and right. I used content aware where possible and as the branch looked stretched and bare on the left I cloned in a little lichen. Have a good look at the perch on the right, I have done a little less than perfect job there it looks a little fuzzy.

[John Chardine]

Hi Jonathan- It's important to know these (major) processing details which should have been mentioned in the OP.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very very nice bird, perch and super clean BG.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, lovely colours on this fellow, and I like the inquisitive pose. Good detail throughout, sharp, and the yellow lichen stands out very well. Killer BG again.

[Simon Bennett]

Lovely bird well captured.