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chaffinch
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Copyright: VICMA CS (Juyona) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2102 W: 6 N: 2113] (13565)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02-02
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 400D eos, Canon 100-400mm IS USM, Digital
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/40 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-02-18 12:04
Viewed: 1031
Points: 122
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish]
This bird is widespread and very familiar throughout Europe. It is the most common finch in western Europe. Its range extends into western Asia, northwestern Africa, the Canary Islands and Madeira. On Tenerife and Gran Canaria, it coexists with its sister species, the endemic Blue Chaffinch.

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2129 W: 9 N: 5957] (22516)
  • [2008-02-18 12:11]

Hi Vicma. What a fantastic close up of this Chaffinch .your sharp focusing has given fine detail with natural looking colours. a very nice POV /DOF. well done TFS .
Nick..

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2577 W: 170 N: 7864] (24859)
  • [2008-02-18 12:41]

Hello Vicma,
Wonderful capture of the male Chaffinch in bright spring plumage! I like the POV and the sharp details. A very nice composition too!
Many thanks, Ulla

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  • carmia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 227 W: 2 N: 126] (1927)
  • [2008-02-18 12:41]

preciosa imagen de este simpatico pinzon! tiene unos colores muy bonitos. La luz y la definicion estupendas. Saludos!!! Carme.

Precioso ejemplar de Pinzón.
Seguramente resto de los hermanos de igual apellido.
Saludos, JL.

Hola Vicma,
a beautiful picture with lovely colours,
Exposure and sharpness are spot on. Good sharpness and fine details. I like the composition too.
Well done, my friend.

We arrived late last night after a long delay in the airport.
Thanks for everything. My best regards to all.
I send an email later.
Regards
Gert & Siv.

very nicely composed and captured.TFS!
Regards,
Goldy

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  • pvb Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 381 W: 20 N: 522] (1815)
  • [2008-02-18 12:48]

Hi Vicma,
I always like these birds and this one is captured very well.
I like the composition of this one sitting on the tree.
Good focus and sharpness.
TFS Paula

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2754 W: 147 N: 7948] (24747)
  • [2008-02-18 12:50]

Hola Victor,
Great capture of the Canary Island subspecies tintillon of the Chaffinch with fine sharpness and details. The dark head shows well. I think soon this will be recognised as a separate endemic. Superb lighting, composition and BG.
TFS amigo,
Saludos cordiales,
Ivan

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1479 W: 18 N: 3030] (11110)
  • [2008-02-18 12:50]

Hi Vicma

I do think these are pretty birds. Nice POV and good natural setting. I like the way you are showing the back feathers

TFS

Karan

Hola VICMA,

Una qué lámina hermosa de estos Chaffinch. Encuentro el pájaro en la línea diagonal del extremo del rama agradable para arriba. Los colores son magníficos. La agudeza es como siempre perfectamente. En el lado izquierdo usted tenía una broza qué preocupaciones ido puede dejar. Esto ayuda a la lámina del pájaro no. Saludos y TFS BOB

What a beautiful blade of these Chaffinch. I find the bird on the diagonal line of the branch nicely end up. The colours are superb. Sharpness is like always perfectly. At the left-hand side you had one brushwood what concerns me gone can leave. This helps the blade of the bird not.

Hi Vicma,
Beautiful capture of this chaffinch, lovely composition and nice colors and sharpness, Excellent POV' and great shot, very well done.
Michel

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  • lutya Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 18 W: 0 N: 91] (437)
  • [2008-02-18 13:06]

Hi Vicma!

A beauty, excellent capture and well done on the composition. The colors are great . Excellent work.

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  • lizzie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 214 W: 0 N: 635] (2847)
  • [2008-02-18 13:46]

Hi Vicma,

He looks so adorable, gorgeous vivid colours, excellent focus and great details in the plumage. Well done!

Lise

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 641 W: 32 N: 791] (3080)
  • [2008-02-18 13:55]

Excellent capture, lovely details and very well composed. Great shot and TFS.

Dean.

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  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 956 W: 5 N: 2365] (8834)
  • [2008-02-18 14:03]

Hello Vicma,
Excellent shot.
Lovely detail and colours,nice composition.
Nice work,very well done.

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 786 W: 0 N: 1581] (7256)
  • [2008-02-18 15:04]

Hello Vicma
Beautiful presentation.Good POV and very sharp image.Details in the plumage is excellent.Nice pose from your subject and nice OOF BG.
TFS Michel
PTS tomorrow

Hi Vicma,
Beautiful capture.The composition and the colours first class.
tfs

Mircea

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1902 W: 8 N: 4957] (16017)
  • [2008-02-18 15:27]

Hi Vicma,

This Chaffinch is beautiful! The colors are superb. Excellent details of the face, plummage, and the magnificent wings. A wonderful composition and background.

Jane

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1836 W: 94 N: 2340] (8406)
  • [2008-02-18 15:46]

Hola Víctor:
Buen punto de vista y pose para ver este pajarillo con la mejor perspectiva. ¡Una foto muy bonita!
Saludos, José M.

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  • kjpweb Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 367 W: 86 N: 1084] (4788)
  • [2008-02-18 15:50]

Beautiful colors in this capture. Great in detail and along with a beautiful composition - this one is a keeper! Cheers, Klaus

Hi Vicma,

Beautiful compo with a Superb POV
Excellent sharpness
perfect details, colors, dof and details

TFS Thijs

Hola Vicma,
Buenas tasdes!
Hola amigo, que tal? Mi espanol no es muy bueno!
You are sharing with us this finch in a very good pose with superb sharpness, beautiful and natural colour!
a very pleasing composition
Saludos su familia
muchas gracias
Tony

Vicma,

Great image,
I love all the colors in this bird,
Never seen one before, thanks for sharing it,

fototab

Hello Vicma,
very nice shot,excellent sharpness and depth of field,good composition and point of view,lovely colors and good light.
Angela

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1026 W: 5 N: 2887] (10445)
  • [2008-02-18 18:13]

Victor.
Que bellos colores del plumaje de este hermoso pajarillo. Lograste una muy fina imagen y de exelente calidad (Como es usual en tus trabajos) La pose hermosa, y el tronco del arbol le da un valor mas a esta presentscion-
Saludos a la Fam.
Ayer cumplio 30 años Lidita.
Un abrazo.
Luis52.

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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 398 W: 0 N: 624] (2513)
  • [2008-02-18 20:50]

Hi Vicma,

Excelent photo you did! Wonderfull lighting and good natural colors are in your photo. The image has a very good quality beimg sharp on the bird sharp. Composition is good and the green spot on the left of the image looks excelent.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

Hi Vicma

I am late as usual. Can't say anything from technical view point. You use everything perfectly. I like the detials of bird. nice job.
well done
TFS
Babak

Wowww
It is 07h22, I have no time, I will be back

Hi Vicma!

This is a very beautiful picture, typical for you: a great composition, crystal clear sharpness of the subject underlined by a perfectly blurred background, superb lighting.

Congratulations!

Kind regards

Markus

Hello Vicma,

Excellent picture of this chaffinch. Nice composition. Good sharpness. The colours are terrific.
Cheers,
Mariki

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1874 W: 245 N: 6145] (21884)
  • [2008-02-19 3:56]

Great shot Vicma!
I like the colours and exposure.
The bush balances out the photo very well.
Sharp with lots of detail.
Great composition.
Well done,
Joe

Hi Vicma,
What a cute fellow this is! I like its colors a lot, beautiful composition and exposure. It is interesting to see part of its environment. It is a sweet bird. Thanks,
Claudine

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1064 W: 26 N: 3196] (11459)
  • [2008-02-19 5:22]

Hi Vicma, another great shot, well composed with excellent detail in both the bird and the tree. The composition is perfect, great work as ever my friend!
Paul

Hola Vicma, elegant bird in lovely pose, splendid colors, excellent sharpness and great details, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-02-19 6:49]

Hello Vicma

Wonderful focus and exceptional clarity.
The plumage detail is amazing.
Beautiful colours and lighting.
Excellent POV.
TFS

Rob

Hello Vicma
I am a big fan of chaffinches...And this male is an absolute stunner!!
The whole scene is perfect and the sharpness is just exemplary.
best regards
paul

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1347 W: 72 N: 2864] (9457)
  • [2008-02-19 10:58]

Hello Vicma,
What a perfect clear photo of this Chaffinch. Sharpness, colours, pose, surroundings, POV, DOF and composition are all excellent.
Regards,
Peter

Hi Vicma,

Nice shot of this Chaffinch and I love the detail on the branch. Great detail, nice natural colours and nice splashes of colour from the foliage. Well done.

Mike

Hi...
Cute fellow. Beautiful bird you captured.
Good POV for instance.
Well done.
Thanks
Annick

Olá Vicma,
What a cute little bird, it cuter because you have captured it so well, great sharpness and clarity. All details are good consider the file size. Perfect in everyway!
Way

Hello Vicma,
Beautiful close up and perfect position, for insight the exact colors pattern of this lovely bird. Very nice composition.
Best regards,
Yedidia

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3160 W: 148 N: 4787] (15449)
  • [2008-02-20 0:27]

Hi Vicma and Bravo.
Terrific by subject and quality picture. The tree trunk and amazing green twig create wonderful BG for this fine bird. True three-dimensional picture. Great use of DOF, light, colours and sharpness. My congratulations.
Alexei.

Hello Victor,
Isn't this little fellow lovely..!
I notice the beautiful play of colours in the plumage, which is captured with sharp fine details...
Attractive composition, the point of view slightly from above shows the bird nicely!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 884 W: 2 N: 616] (2070)
  • [2008-02-20 10:56]

Hello Vicma ,A Fantastic shot from this bird , great compositie details colours pov and bg ,tfs ,Greetings Teunie .

Preciosa y más así, vista desde el balcón"" ya que da una insólita prespectiva muy interesante.
Yo en el trabajo relajado hasta ahora. De Febrero a Junio no paro pero luego vivo mejor.
Abrazo: J. Ignasi

Delightful image of a Chaffinch, Vicma.
I love the colours on the bird's plumage.
The tree trunk makes a fine natural BG here.
Regards,
Ram

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1800 W: 29 N: 5223] (17114)
  • [2008-02-22 5:31]

Hola Vicma,
Wonderful shot with lovely colours and details on its plumage. Great lighting and DOF and I like your POV to portray it. Very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

Hello Vicma, as always, beautifully composed, I like the subdued light with good contrast on the bird and plenty of detail. A fine pov and a great pose. tfs Rgds Necip

Hola Victor,
¡Vaya! que pinzón mas guapo, por aquí los tengo visto y fotografiado, pero nunca me salen tan bonitos, magnífica la nitidez y textura, la luz y color muy naturales. Un cordial saludo
José Ramón

Hola Vicma,

This is a wonderful close up of this cute little bird. I like the details, composition and POV. Beautiful colours and light.
TFS

Saludos, Nel

hello Vicma

excellent shot of this lovely bird, excellent POV and framing,
excellent DOF, i love that the vegetation of the left of the image
it is in focus and not disturbing the subject, excellent density
of the colors with excellent sharpness and details in the image, TFS

Asbed

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1422 W: 127 N: 5219] (23113)
  • [2008-02-23 7:34]

Hello Vicma, great shot of this very nice bird, the details are pin sharp, the composition is very good and the overall quality is high! Well done, thanks!

Mario

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1111 W: 1 N: 4518] (15128)
  • [2008-02-23 7:34]

Hello Vicma,
Incredible image, so sharp and clear. This is a beautiful species and your capture illustrates that beauty for us superbly, thank you.
Rick

Hola Vicma.

Que chulada de colores incluyendo la rama verde que le queda genial y la toma de arriba abajo resulta mas original.

Saludos.

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2135 W: 224 N: 3948] (13111)
  • [2008-02-25 11:01]
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Hi Vicma

Another very beautiful capture from you!
I really like to see such a cute bird as this Chaffinch presented from such an excellent POV and with its features so well visible.
I see you used your tripod and flash for this shot and they resulted in a very good shrpness on your subject and a nice even light.
Well done!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

Bonjour,
Joli réussite de cet oiseau aux couleurs châtoyantes.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

Hi Vicma,
the details you captured are fabulous. I like the composition with that POV a lot.
Great work.
Sky

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1318 W: 52 N: 1782] (5276)
  • [2008-03-08 13:33]

Hola Vicma !
It is late, I am tired so I will write in English this time - this is a gorgeous picture ! The bird is very beautiful, I like its colors, and is pose is cute too. Excellent details, nice natural colors, wonderful composition and POV. Very well done !
Valerie.

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2422 W: 63 N: 3988] (12860)
  • [2008-03-21 4:27]

Hola Vicma,
Very nice capture with good sharpness, details and composition. Gracias,
Saludos,
Selen

Hola Vicma
no sé cómo hace para para tener tan de bonitas fotografías de pájaros.
encuentro eso tan difícil
gracias para estos descubrimientos
Laurent

Bonsoir Vicma
Superbe composition : le fait que l'oiseau soit centré ne gêne pas car les feuilles vertes à gauche enrichissent l'image. Belle netteté.
Cordialement,
Antoine.

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  • Isu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 313 W: 0 N: 21] (1663)
  • [2008-06-16 11:39]

Saludos vicma, agradables colores composición muy completa nitida muy marcada...
Sira

Hi Vicma, my dear friend!
Great and splendid shot of this beautiful bird in all aspects. TFS this beauty.
Cheers,

Bayram
PS: Congratulation on EURO2008. I hope your team will be take the cup!

Beautiful bird Vicma,
I can't add to what has already been said..
Very good work here :)
Howard

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