Goldfinch

[lostprophet]

Goldfinch

 

[danir]

nominated

 

[Kazoo]

fabulous shot of a fabulous bird

 

[Antarctican]

Wow, that's fantastic. What detail and colours!

 

[Alex_B]

very nice, works well in a square crop as well (i have a small laptop screen at the moment, so the crop just happened ).

 

[lostprophet]

nominated

WHOOOO HOOOO thank you

fabulous shot of a fabulous bird

cheers

Wow, that's fantastic. What detail and colours!

thanks

very nice, works well in a square crop as well (i have a small laptop screen at the moment, so the crop just happened ).

cheers, and your right it does

 

[lostprophet]

~bump~

 

[Chiller]

:thumbup::thumbup: Excellent as always LP.

 

[Trenton Romulox]

Excellent colors! Very nice shot! The goldfinches over here sure don't look like that.

 

[Fangman]

Lovely study of this little character - one of my favourites at the feeder

 

[Jeff Canes]

very nice, I do not understand how you birder get these grate shots, even at the zoo my do not come out that nice

 

[Trenton Romulox]

I'm just curious, what was the equipment used for this shot? The bokeh is phenomenal!

 

[Scooter]

WOW! Very nice- beautiful bird.

 

[lostprophet]

I'm just curious, what was the equipment used for this shot? The bokeh is phenomenal!

Canon EOS 1D mkII
300mm F2.8 IS
Wimberley II tripod head
Gitzo series 2 tripod (cant remember which one but I no longer have it)
RS80N3 cable release
Wildlife Watching Supplies Dome hide

F6.3
1/250
ISO 400
No cropping


many thanks

 

[Fangman]

you must have almost have felt it's beak on your nose if there is no cropping even with 300mm.