House Finch

Posted by Ken Newcombe on Mon Jan 05, 2004 9:57 pm

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This one is about the wine color. I don't think I have ever used a "waist up" shot before, certainly not standard for birds.

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1/500 sec, f/6.3
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Flash: External E-TTL High speed sync

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by Harvey Edelman on Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:04 pm

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All good techs and I like the horizontal orientation here and good use of balance and space.

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by AlexC on Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:47 pm

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Incredible detail and colors, I just can't stop looking at it, the shadows and crimson highlites are done to perfection, BG could not be better,what a handsome bird !!!
Yet the composition leaves me wanting for more and then for less, the impasse makes me nervous, I dare not with it's beauty play!!!

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:14 pm

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Great colors and detail Ken.

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by DC on Tue Jan 06, 2004 4:46 am

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Fantastic. That BG really sets him off nicely. Gorgeous colours.

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by LHays on Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:11 am

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The colors and detail are excellent. I wouldn't have thought about a waist up shot.....it sure works here. Great job!

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by Laura Stiefel on Tue Jan 06, 2004 7:10 am

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Wow that's close! I love the colors and the apparent silky texture of the feathers.

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by fredcor on Tue Jan 06, 2004 7:16 am

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Lovely shot Ken. My ignorance, but tell me why is it not standard? I have seen many images on this forum shot as portraits.

I have many shots of House Finches, of a flock visiting my feeder. I cropped the feeder simply because there were too many birds in the image.

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by Bill Whala on Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:11 am

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Very nice. I love the colors and the detail.

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Jan 06, 2004 11:35 am

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Very nice colors and background.

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by BrianS on Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:06 pm

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Solid background -- lovely portrait.

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