American Goldfinch

[HJMinard]

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[watermarkphotography]

Sweet shots, I never see one when I have my camera on me.

[MrChevy]

Nice shots Jay. Love the background in both of them! Excellent. Would have liked to see a tad more DOF, tails are OOF in both. Would have been nice to have a little fill flash putting a highlight in its eye. Like the 2nd one the best for sure. Thanks for sharing, they really have some nice colors!

[cmM]

splendid captures! both of them. very nice looking bird as well, love the contrast between the goldfinch and the backgrounds.

[RAW]

Exelent shots...I don't want to repeat MrChevy's words about the tails...and thanks for sharing.

[skade]

What a beautiful coloured bird! Neat shots!

[MarkoPolo]

Really nice shots. Aren't those beautiful (and cheerful) little birds. I think of them as flying daffodils.

[cfcRebel]

I always enjoy your photos. That's the level i can only hope to achieve.

[PhotosGuy]

VERY nice!

[HJMinard]

Mark, Ken, Christian, RAW, skade, Mark, cfcRebel and Frank ... thank you all for your kind words and feedback in general.

Ken and RAW ... yeah, it would be nice to get more dof and get the whole bird in focus, but I was working with limited light and fill flash was not possible. My main goal was to keep the head/eyes in focus as best I could. I was trying to not go above iso400, too, but next time I'll try bumping that up.

[boomer1959]

All I can say Jay is EXCELLENT :D

[Scottes]

Sweet shots Jay. I love these little ones - they are such a challenge with exposure, distance, and getting them to stand still for a moment. Nice work!

[sparker1]

Outstanding shots, great color.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Wow,. beautifull shots! Just perfect!

[TammieO]

Excellent. The background is super.

[HJMinard]

Dave, Scott, Stan, CDS and Tammie ... thank you!!