House Finch
by pnicholls

Comment by cthenk:
Great capture, I especially like the details around the birds eye, wish it was just a tad sharper, but can't have everything! - good job.

House Finch
by pnicholls

Comment by Reuben:
I'll be interested to know how far away you were for this shot. Nice work.

House Finch
by pnicholls

Comment by magnetic9999:
what a cute guy. a little unsharp, but i know they move a lot. if you have faster shutter speed try that.

House Finch
by pnicholls

Comment by irae:
I'm not a bird fan, but it's impressive that you got this tight on the little mutant flying lizard. Slightly soft. Nice bokeh and grain.

House Finch
by pnicholls

Comment by mnewman:
what an interesting bird. i like this shot. i like how the bird's in focus while the background is a complete blur.

House Finch
by pnicholls

Comment by GeneralE:
Nice portrait...

House Finch
by pnicholls

Comment by DesertRat2002:
I'm very familiar with the difficulty of photographing skittish things -- like birds. Yet you included eye highlights, beak and eyelid detail, backlighting, and depth of field.

House Finch
by pnicholls

Comment by PixelatedVisions:
Looks like maybe you used the digital zoom, from the noise. I notice this on my camera too. I tried putting my camera on the highest resolution setting and not zooming in so much then in my software I crop tight around the area I wanted. Since the high resolution setting produces a big shot you end up with the same result just cleaner, after you crop it how you want.

House Finch
by pnicholls

Comment by jmsetzler:
Nice closeup! good blur on the background...

House Finch
by pnicholls

Comment by lisae:
Wow, the thumbnail for this looked a bit plain, but up close there's so much detail in the feathers and around the eye. Nice work!