Male American Goldfinch

Uploaded: April 28, 2007

Description

Photo was taken on April 28, 2007 at 2:28pm in Edmonds, Washington
Canon 400mm F/4 DO IS lens + Tamron 1.4x TC @ F/5.6, 1/320 second, ISO 400
Cropped, shadow/highlight, +saturation, -brightness, +contrast, levels, cloned, dodged, resized, sharpened and blurred

Comments

Tamera S. Phillips April 28, 2007

Amazing shot Janine. Love the colors and clarity! #645919

Melissa A. Mannon April 28, 2007

beautiful! I knew it was yours before I read the name on the thumbnail. You are a master of these and your style is unmistakable! #4225410

April 28, 2007

Truly a beautiful and rare sight!!! He is so colorful. Terrific capture, Janine!! #4225411

Diane Garcia level-addict April 28, 2007

Janine, An absolutely beautiful capture. I love the bright colors and clarity. Great job! #4225471

Linda M. Walker April 28, 2007

Absolutely amazing...the detail and colors are awesome #4225584

Sherry L. Davis April 28, 2007

Wow, Janine, the colors, clarity, detail are totally amazing! Great capture!! #4225641

Sherry L. Davis April 28, 2007

Wow, Janine, the colors, clarity, detail are totally amazing! Great capture!! #4225642

April 28, 2007

Nice Bird Picture.Beautiful colors and nice work. #4225667

Nancy L. Green level-classic April 28, 2007

Oh WOW Janine!! This is absolutely awesome, in every way my friend!! <>< #4225700

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict April 28, 2007

Stunning capture, Janine, with excellent PS work!
-Debby #4225736

Patrick Rouzes level-classic April 28, 2007

Everything beautiful about this one, Janine. Patrick #4225820

Robert R. Goodman April 28, 2007

Janine,I only wish our birds were this beautiful.This is a awesome capture!!!!! #4225966

Melissa G. Meiselman April 28, 2007

Exquisite picture of this gorgeous bird taken with great clarity, wonderful colors and beautifully composed, Janine!! #4226029

Dot K. April 28, 2007

Beautiful capture! #4226086

Barbara Waldoch April 28, 2007

Fantastic shot, Janine! #4226163

Arnie Horwitz level-deluxe April 28, 2007

Great capture with beautiful colors, Janine! #4226200

Graeme yew Chow April 29, 2007

Wow ! super captured of amazing detail. A winner in my view, Janine. #4226439

Hayden Cannon April 29, 2007

Fantastic capture Janine great colors, lighting and details superb photo! #4226582

Kathy Reeves April 29, 2007

Awesome color and detail Janine!! #4226638

Joy Rector April 29, 2007

love it #4226878

David Pratt April 29, 2007

Wonderful capture Janine! #4227187

Karim Abiali April 29, 2007

WoW Janine, where do you find all these beautiful birds & folwers?! very sharp and colors are so vivid! ka. #4228709

Sheryl A. Hudson level-classic April 29, 2007

Awesome color and detail Janine! Really beautiful!!! #4229227

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 29, 2007

Tamera, Melissa M, Joyce, Diane, Linda, Sherry, Frank, Nancy, Debby, Patrick, Robert, Melissa G, Dot, Barbara, Arnie, Graeme, Hayden, Kathy, Joy, David, Karim and Sheryl, thanks very much for all of your encouraging comments. #4229289

Su Sana E. P level-classic April 29, 2007

Janine, perhaps this is the most beautiful bird you've ever captured!! Looks like a Winner to me. #4229302

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 30, 2007

Susana, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4229346

Sam Britt April 30, 2007

Another terrific goldfinch capture, Janine. #4231561

Ken Jarvis April 30, 2007

Janine, this should be on a postcard! Excellant clarity and colours! #4232434

Janine Russell level-deluxe April 30, 2007

Sam and Ken, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4232588

Sharon Day May 01, 2007

Awesome capture, Janine!!! #4236534

Janine Russell level-deluxe May 01, 2007

Sharon, thanks very much for your kind words of encouragement. #4236605

Sharon King May 02, 2007

Beautiful capture Janine! #4238452

Janine Russell level-deluxe May 02, 2007

Sharon, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4239187

Ken Slade May 03, 2007

Razor sharp details, nice exposure and beautiful colors. #4244451

Janine Russell level-deluxe May 03, 2007

Ken, thanks very much for your encouragement and kind comments. #4244513

Orsi May 11, 2007

Beautiful shot,Janine!Awesome colors!! #4272636

Janine Russell level-deluxe May 11, 2007

Orsi, thanks very much for your encouraging comments. #4273164

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