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Goldfinch ( carduelis carduelis )
A Goldfinch captured some little time ago and has been lying deep in the files.Thought it might make a change from Blueys and Nuttys. As you will see this was seen during a fair drop of rain. I have left it as I thought it added a bit of atmosphere.
Hope you can find something about it that you like.
My ever grateful thanks for the views / comments /and votes for the Nuthatch. I really do appreciate them. In particular my thanks to Terry ( Terry Mck ) for the award to the Nuthatch and to Steve ( sparrowhawk ) for the award to the Egret. Thanks fellas.
Ron
| Brand: | NIKON |
| Camera: | Nikon D300  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | Nikon 500 VR + 1.4 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Rainy Day |
| Username: | 
Maiwand |
| Uploaded: | 4 Mar 2011 - 7:52 PM |
| Tags: | General, Wildlife / nature |
| Votes: | 78 |
Comments
A lovely and beautiful colourful little bird. A very attractive photo.
JNC
Well captured in the rain Ron and I like the tail diagonal going into the corner. A superb eye but find the plumage detail just a very little soft but brought out from sharpening, not sure if this is from the crop or a high ISO, but suspect ISO as there are evident signs of noise in the bg. Also the bg being so close to the Goldy has made it difficult to isolated the bird and makes it busy. I know you will disagree with me but as we always discuss its never easy to get close to these
Still though I like the image alot. Not meant as criticism, just as I see it.
Richard
Hi Ron, It looks like the weather condition were not in your favour here. A good comp and you did so well to get one (still on my wish list). Exp looks good to prevent OS on the whites but the detail on this occasion is not as good as you usually get, most likely down to a high ISO or a heavy crop. Having said that I do like the shot despite the small points raised. I always admire your work and hope my comment doesn't offend in any way,
Regards,
Geoff.
This is another excellent capture. I really like shots which give an idea of the habitat - clean backgrounds to animal or bird captures are, for me, a bit like studio shots of people and slightly contrived, although the focussed attention on the bird or animal is often vastly improved. Wild captures do have problems though, with background 'interfering' and I agree with Richards comments above about this. Personally I sometimes spend a little time softening a background in ps to make it less obtrusive if I think the shot is worth it. A
As I have Goldfinches in my back garden, I get a lot of pictures of them, as most members well know, they will also know that 8 times out of 10, there isn't as much detail in the bird as there could/should be. Goldfinches are a hard bird to get real detail in them, the same as Barn and Tawny Owls. I don't think it is anything to do with the ISO or crop, just the fact that the bird, generally, doesnt give as much detail as other birds, such as, the Blue Tit.
Ron, I do like the image, but maybe a little NR on the B/G would make it slightly better, or removing the branches. Don't wish to make any disturbance. Just a point of view.
Ron, a really superb, very natural shot of one of these delightful but difficult to capture birds. The colour is perfect and the eye so sharp. I love the background. Another beauty.
I take on board the various comments on this one Ron and can see where people are coming from, but still think this is a beautiful capture with fine plumage tones and patterning. We can't always choose the background as these little devils have a mind of their own!
Sylvia
Fantastic colors. Amazing detail. Perfectly captured.
Regards, Oleg.
A fine shot of this handsome little bird, most impressive given that it was taken in adverse weather conditions
Sometimes you get what you get...a natural or "busy" background is what we have here, and for me it doesn't detract from the bird at all - just my opinion. Luke makes a good point on the feather detail of the bird but there is enough here for me...good one Ron.
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