Goldfinch

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• Heaven (7912)
• [2009-02-08 7:14]

Hi Nicholas!

This picture simply is superb! The colours are fabulous and make this picture to be an outstanding one. Moreover, the blurred background highlights the perfect sharpness of the subject and the magnificent details. So well done!

Kind regards

Markus

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• gabisandu (78)
• [2009-02-08 7:15]

Hi Nicholas,
Very beautiful bird, wonderful colors and details, very sharp, very good POV and fantastic depht of field. Congratulations.
Regards,
Gabi

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• Argus (50626)
• [2009-02-08 7:15]

Hello Nick,
Another real beauty from you, this time in the form a of a fine portrait of a Goldfinch. The POV and pose are superb and the composition on the top of the Alder twig against a fine OOF natural BG simple and very effective.
Nice one Nick and thanks for delighting us with it!
Have a good week and I hope you can get about in your car soon despite the snow!
Ivan

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• siggi (52850)
• [2009-02-08 7:17]

Nice capture Nicholas,
Excellent sharp and clear detail. The colours are fantastic. Well composed and nicely exposed. I wish I had such pretty visitors to my garden.
Thanks for posting, Best regards Siggi

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• saguzar (7202)
• [2009-02-08 7:34]

Hi Nicholas,
Lograste una foto excelente en mi opinión, esa luz suave dada por lo que paree ser un día nublado es estupenda; también la nitidez y el magnífico colorido que tiene la imagen. Además contra un excelente y hermoso fondo casi uniforme. De 10!
Saludos
Hernán

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• PeterZ (49139)
• [2009-02-08 7:41]

Hello Nick,
What a magnificent pose!
A perfect photo in sharpness, details, colours, POV and composition. Excellent DOF and OOF BG. A masterpiece!
Regards,
Peter

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• GaryT (160)
• [2009-02-08 7:46]

Real beauty. I think this is one of your best! Gary

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• billynewboy (791)
• [2009-02-08 7:46]

Hello Nick
Probably the best Goldfinch shot I have seen..Nope...It is the Best!!
I love his feet all crossed together as he gets a grip on the tiny perch.
All the Best
Billy

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• eqshannon (31141)
• [2009-02-08 7:52]

You keep getting better Sir Nick. If it were not for you name on it, I might not have known but I think that is because of the different nature of this one...no subdued bird here! This one clearly yells at me to stop and look!
Bob

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• volkan (2425)
• [2009-02-08 7:52]

Hi Nick,
Despite the dull weather conditions over there,you've managed very well to capture this goldfinch full of crisp details..
the colors are amazing..
TFS this image my friend...

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• crs (3551)
• [2009-02-08 7:54]

Hi Nick,

The image is wonderfull with breath taking sharpness. Bird can be observed in very good details. Even finest feathers can be seen. Moreover colors rendering is very good. Colors are so intense being vivid and natural.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

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• vanderschelden (30441)
• [2009-02-08 7:55]
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Hello Nick,
I'm so used to see them in captivity that I hardly can understand they also live in the wild.
Well done...
It's actually good you used a tripod. Through your tripod you're sometimes able to capture excellent photos with a shutter speed such as 1/80.
What kind of tripod do you have, Nick?
Well done
TFS
Annick

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• adilakbar (590)
• [2009-02-08 8:33]

Hello Nicholas,
Excellent bird shot. Very good sharpness and beautiful colors.
TFS - Regards - Adil.

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• Nilson (4423)
• [2009-02-08 8:38]

Hello Nocholas
Nice picture with good elements, this bird is very beautiful and colorful, the Goldfinch look like a clown:), the colors are natural and strong. The details are clean and sharp.
Congratulations
Nilson

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• claudine (0)
• [2009-02-08 8:52]

Hello Nick,
What a superb capture of this nice specie! I like the minimalist environment, great details and tones of colors a lot. Some were seen recently in the wild at Botanical Garden in Montreal. They must have done a long trip... I wouldn’t mind if a few individuals decided to visit my backyard. Thanks,
Claudine

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• Tamrock (1928)
• [2009-02-08 9:25]

hi nicholas!
congrat to this very beautiful
picture on this fine bird!
well done!

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• ellis49 (2254)
• [2009-02-08 9:34]

Hi Nick,
a beautiful picture of this beautiful bird.
The exposure and WB are very good and so are the sharpness and details. Lovely natural colours.
It stand out well form the clean and simple coloured BG.
Great work, mf.
Gert

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• jai_glenny (775)
• [2009-02-08 10:09]

Father

This shot really is taking it to another level. That lens really is paying dividends with clarity and "full fat" colouration in your sohts. Good positioning with a perfect pose to boot. Bravo that man with a couple of kudos points to put into the sack as well.

Junior.

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• Silvio2006 (102073)
• [2009-02-08 10:14]

Ciao Nick, fantastic colors for your lovely bird, great capture with fine details and splendid sharpness, good DOF and wonderful blurry BG, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• jaycee (25460)
• [2009-02-08 10:35]

Hi Nick,

This is another WOW of a picture. This Goldfinch is beautiful. The pose on the interesting plant is wonderful. His colors are magnificent to begin with but you have enhanced the beauty even more. Excellent details of the face,wings, and lovely plumage. Background and composition are top notch.

Jane

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• PaulH (13882)
• [2009-02-08 11:38]

Hi Nick,
wow what a beauty! Amazing colours and of course, sharp details and clarity are excellent. I got some shots of Birds at a snowy Cadnam pond which i'll share soon.
Hope you're doing ok mate.
Paul

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• septimiu_nemes (2161)
• [2009-02-08 11:48]

wow , wonderful capture with beautiful vivid colours , Nick !
very sharp picture , fine details , good light ,
well done !
septimiu

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• jackart (1965)
• [2009-02-08 12:02]

Hello Nicholas!

Very good shot. I saw a flock of this birds last autumn, but I don't have so good shot like this. Excellent sharpness - very well blured background.

Regards
Jacek

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• eng55 (5892)
• [2009-02-08 12:12]

Hi Nicholas,
Very beautiful capture.POV,lighting,vivid colors,sharpness and eye contact are wonderful.Excellent work!
Thanks for posting.

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• boreocypriensis (9571)
• [2009-02-08 13:39]

Hi Nick!
Perfectly taken shot of this pretty goldfinch with nice composition, nice pov and good lighting. Today i was in Davutlar National Park near Kusadasi (Aydin province) with our TN friend Chris (sandpiper) from Australia and i observed so many goldfinches there.
TFS and Have a nice new week MF!
Cheers,

Bayram

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• lovenature (6391)
• [2009-02-08 15:35]

Fantastic Nicholas. Picture perfect in my eyes. The colours are awesome as well as the composition. I love it!
TFS Janice

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• CeltickRanger (37400)
• [2009-02-08 15:41]

hello Nicholas

excellent photography of the Goldfinch shot with fine POV
and framing, superb focus on the bird and where he is pearched
and with a wonderful all blurred background,
beautiful luminosity of the image with eaxcellent
sharpness and details, TFS

Asbed

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• pekkavalo1 (6789)
• [2009-02-08 16:39]

Hi Nick,
Great capture of Goldfinch; good POV and composition, pinsharp fine details, eye cotact, bright natural colours.
TFS
Pekka

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• MMM (11425)
• [2009-02-08 18:33]

Hi Nicholas
Outsanding presentation.Wow everything is perfect.Excellent POVand razor sharp image.Plumage detail is exceptional.Nice pose ,lovely colors and excellent OOF BG
TFS Michel

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• haraprasan (20403)
• [2009-02-09 0:44]

Hi Nick,
A nice capture of this beautiful Goldfinch. Excellent sharp details even if low shutterspeed and also noiseless on ISO800. Very well composed. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• gannu (14761)
• [2009-02-09 5:34]

Hello Nicholas, What a beauty. Lovely pose and a great focussed shot. Amazing sharpness and its a real beauty. Ganesh

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• uleko (10940)
• [2009-02-09 7:38]

Hello Nick,
What a brilliant capture of this Goldfinch in a lovely pose on a nice budding twig. Wonderful colours and very sharp details. A beautiful soft background too and well composed. A real top shot!!
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

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• euroblinkie (64279)
• [2009-02-09 7:52]

hello Nicholas
GREAT SHARPNESS
beautiful colours
very great details of the bird
good composition
i like this picture
greeting lou

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• wishnugaruda (19365)
• [2009-02-09 10:11]

Hi Nick,
and one more wonderful bird, I love these redfaces so much, they are so special and beautiful. Yours is sitting there so elegant, just if it is posing only for you ;-)
Excellent shot, as usual, I like it, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• zetu (16941)
• [2009-02-09 10:25]

Hi Nicholas
Excellent capture, very well done.
Regards
Razvan

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• erve (620)
• [2009-02-09 11:22]

Hi nick,

Great sharpness and detail. Beautiful colours and an interesting perch. Nice neutral background really makes him stand out well.

TFS

ewan

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• NinaM (4077)
• [2009-02-09 11:54]

Hello Nicholas, when I started looking at pictures on TN, I've been amazed at all the various species looking about the same, yet seeing such a colourful Goldfinch amazes me still! Wow! And the background is just perfect, very neutral so the colours of the bird show even more, the beautiful saturated red and yellow, the very subtle tones of violet/red on the twigs, it is beautiful! Thank you,

Francine

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• Royaldevon (4229)
• [2009-02-09 12:27]

Oh Nick, this is a fabulous close-up of the goldfinch. The different, and very striking, colours of its plummage are very well displayed.
I love the pose, with its head slightly tilted, and the very good composition with the bird perched on the top of the twig.

We have had many goldfinches in the garden since I started providing niger seeds, however, I can't get close enough to them to achieve a shot of this quality.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

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• demeve (6165)
• [2009-02-09 21:08]

Hello Nick,
This is a fantastic shot, such a beautiful bird.. I wish the
Goldfinch was also found here... Great POV and sharpness... Well
done

Everton

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• anel (40574)
• [2009-02-10 1:52]

hello Nicholas,
What a beautiful shot! These birds are really so special looking. You made here a super-shot, with the inviting attitude of the Goldfinch. Beautiful neutral background too. Un grand bravo.
Anne

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• marhowie (486)
• [2009-02-10 5:13]

Hi Nicholas,
Very nice all-around, sharp too :)
Great pose, BG, colors, DOF, & POV...
Yep, it's a keeper!
Howard

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• fiyo (15161)
• [2009-02-10 9:03]

Hi Nicholas,
Goldfinch is a great photo.
Colors are great, detail and sharpness too. TFS

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• jonathan_hart (1260)
• [2009-02-16 11:47]

bravissimo, magnificient and so well captured, perfect sharp photo !
jc

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• CatStevens (468)
• [2009-02-21 14:14]

Hi Nicholas,
Fantastic shot!
TFS
Mark