A Cold Day for an American Goldfinch

Beautiful photo! I like it very much. Best regards, Ivana

Perfect shot of a bird that never sits still long. Everything works well in this image.

Very nice Mary. I don't know if you crop your images or alter the backgrounds, but your compositions and backgrounds always look so perfect.

Thanks Samir, so funny you should bring that up. For the longest time my backgrounds always had a distraction. I pruned the trees... several times.

I can remove small things editing, but really am not good with the clone tool. It was much easier to prune! I still get quite a few "almosts", good subject but poor background though.

 

Really fine capture Mary, you are doing such nice work. The focus, color and framing are all just right on this. And yes, I see you are using a different backdrop now! You may want to exagerate that hint of a catchlight though.

 

Cheers.

Thanks Cyrus, you know I had that thought after I uploaded it, the eye does look a bit dull.