Morning Lesser Goldfinch

[Tom Callahan]

Captured this female Sat morning in the backyard.
Canon 40D
Canon 400mm F/5.6
manual mode
1/500
F/6.3
ISO 100
on tripod
center focus point
curves, smart sharpen, minor cropping, little saturation

Please comment pros and cons. Thanks

[Mike Wilson]

Nice image of the bird. The crop is unusual and needs to have less negative space around the bird I think. The out of focus dark lines coming in from the top are not helping, I would suggest a tighter crop, a vertical closer to the bird to get rid of more of the bg. The catchlight looks a bit odd to me.

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Tom, All excellent stuff by Mike. I would add that if this is your backard and birds are coming to your feeders you need to do a much better job of selecting and positioning your perches...

Later and love,

artie

[Tom Callahan]

Got it. Thanks