Lesser Goldfinch - Saaa-Weeet!!

Hikin' Mike

[FONT=georgia,palatino]As my daughter would say..."Saaa-Weeet!". I took one look at the LCD after taking this picture and those were my exact words... "Sweet"! [/FONT][FONT=georgia,palatino]I had been trying to capture one of our Goldfinches for three days on a natural perch. [/FONT][FONT=georgia,palatino]I have a large stump that I put black oil sunflower seed and a branch for a perch, but they will NOT land there. They would perch on my clay pot birdbath, or on my feeder....but they wouldn't land on a "natural" perch. So I removed the man-made perch and found some small twigs and presto!
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EOS 5D, 300mm f/4L IS, 1.4x II, ISO 400, 1/400, f/5.6, tripod[/FONT]

Maestro

Yeah! Congrats. I know how exciting it is to finally get a bird where you want it. Nice color and detail.

dlplumer

The color, lighting, bokeh, and detail on this are all exceptional Mike

jeffmeyers

Very, very SWEET!