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Goldfinch.

by john arrowsmith

Taken with K10+300mm lens.
Thanks for comments on other photos.
John.

Uploaded05/03/2009 - 19:01

CategoryWildlife / Nature

BodyPENTAX K10D

Shutter Speed1/90

Aperturef/4

LensN/A

ISO200

Focal Length300mm

Unique Views / Likes0/0

Tagsgoldfinch bird

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Date Taken	26/03/2008 - 22:03
Make	PENTAX Corporation
Model	PENTAX K10D
Program Mode	Aperture Priority
Metering Mode	Spot
Shutter Speed	1/90
Aperture	f/4
ISO	200
Focal Length	300mm
Lens	N/A

scottthehat scottthehat

1053 posts
17 years
devon (honiton)

Posted 05/03/2009 - 19:41 Link

lovely shot john, cant wait to see if i get goldfinches in my garden, just put up 4 niger feeders a couple days ago,

Cliff-P Cliff-P

1000 posts
17 years
United Kingdom

Posted 05/03/2009 - 20:25 Link

Lovely bird and great shot

Cliff.

My Flickr link
Nikon D750, D7000 , Nikkor 80-400, 70-300 and 18-200 lenses

jackitec jackitec

1450 posts
17 years

Posted 05/03/2009 - 20:40 Link

Ditto

rothwell rothwell

20 posts
17 years
Kettering,
UK

Posted 05/03/2009 - 21:45 Link

scottthehat wrote:
lovely shot john, cant wait to see if i get goldfinches in my garden, just put up 4 niger feeders a couple days ago,

Scott. They also like sunflower hearts.

Beautiful image, John. Well done.

Best regards.
Geoff Davis

scottthehat scottthehat

1053 posts
17 years
devon (honiton)

Posted 05/03/2009 - 22:44 Link

cheers rothwell,

Rees Rees

289 posts
17 years
Cymru

Posted 06/03/2009 - 09:25 Link

Crisp, well composed with good definition, not sure about the framing though, sorry

paullucas paullucas

412 posts
19 years

Posted 06/03/2009 - 12:15 Link

Rees wrote:
Crisp, well composed with good definition, not sure about the framing though, sorry

Yes fantastic shot and the water droplets in the back look great but I agree the framing does look to much and encroaches (I think that's the word I'm after) on the subject.