Male Purple Finch

Great capture Richard.  LOVE the slight ruffling of the feathers on his head... makes the shot for me.  Background nicely blown out but still "interesting".  I do wish the sunlit tree trunk on picture right wasn't so glaringly bright.  Don't know what kind of crop you already have on the pic but did you try anything where you eliminated that? 

Unless you view this larger, it is difficult to see the details in the expression of the bird's face. It has such a delightful tilt to it's head. Excellent detail achieved in this capture. The colour of the Male Purple is so beautiful!

Kind regards,Gail

Thank you both!  I did dampen the brightness of the sun on the tree in the background and looked at other options for cropping, but this seemed to be the best.

Dick