Greenfinch

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS, tripod head, ISO 320 1/800sec f7.1
Shot taken from garden hide sunflower seeds used as bait, all C & C welcome.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi Jon

Great shot, lovely pose, colors and exposure,(great yellow) maybe a little higher in the frame or add to base?
some noise in bg here - easy to sort

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent sharpness, look back pose, diagonal perch and bg. A killer image for sure.
I'd move up further up in the frame a bit. My eyes are probably tricking me, but I see some PP artifacts on the perch on the right side.

[Simon Wantling]

Brilliant photo Jonathan. I always enjoy your work.

[jack williamson]

Very good Jonathan, the bird and most of the perch look really good. There is something wrong all the way up the right side including the perch.

Jack

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very good Jonathan, the bird and most of the perch look really good. There is something wrong all the way up the right side including the perch.

Jack

Just spotted it Jack - yes I agree, will go back to the RAW and see what is going on, this sometimes happens when using content aware, I should have brushed over the area I probably thought the NR would have neutralised any artifact. Thanks for pointing it out.
Just had a quick shufty - yes that is precisely what happened, the feeder was very close to I had remove it and extend the perch - adding canvas with content aware was the most expedient way to achieve this.

[Dave Leroy]

Other than the bit on right side very well done. Nice look back pose, perch and bg. Nice to see the back side of the bird.

[Morkel Erasmus]

great IQ, exposure and look-back pose here...

[adrian dancy]

Apart from the artifacts everything spot on.

[Frank Schauf]

Very nice pose and bg colours.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice details, soft light and nice BG. I'd run NR on the BG in places that are grainy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, you have brought out the exposure and colour on this guy very well, and you pretty much nailed the sharpness too. I agree about moving him up a touch, and can see a slight crop from the RHS too.

Soon you will be in summer and then you can have as much light as you like.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hi Jon, you have brought out the exposure and colour on this guy very well, and you pretty much nailed the sharpness too. I agree about moving him up a touch, and can see a slight crop from the RHS too.

Soon you will be in summer and then you can have as much light as you like.

Oh for some light Stu, it is dull as ditch water here.... and the great crested grebes are dancing!!

[EzhilSuresh]

Jon, lovely pose and beautiful colours. Another great image from you.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Many thanks everyone, I appreciate your comments very much.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Cool looking bird and very nice look-back pose. Well done.