Colourful visitor

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• fartash (10175)
• [2008-04-02 6:59]

Hello Ulla
Very nice shot of this European Goldfinch,
Perfect details,colors and composition.
Welldone my friend.

Regards
Fartash

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• matatur (2663)
• [2008-04-02 7:16]
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I sincerely hope you are feeling better by now Ulla, as I said before, you have very clean windows my friend, this is a fine capture of a beautiful Goldfinch specimen from a good, lateral POV, showing the characteristic coloration of the bird to a perfection. TFS indeed!
Mehmet

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• eqshannon (19829)
• [2008-04-02 7:41]
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I can only hope that we have some as beautiful as this example Ulla. It is a super coloured bird. The Creator had some special moments. Triple glazed window? Is it old as well? You know glass is actually a liquid?:-) A long story but quite true....so the older it is then one can see certain fluid properties towards the bottoms...very nice image Ulla. Much appreciated this fine sunny day here in the Western US.
Bob

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• jcoowanitwong (11461)
• [2008-04-02 7:41]

Hello Ulla,
This is colorful bird. Nice to have such beautiful visitor. Very nice presentation. Wish you get well soon.
JC

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• lousat (10017)
• [2008-04-02 8:06]

Hi Ulla,what a wonderfull colours this bird! I think that you live in a beautifull place if this beauties are near your windows..eheheh...my best compliments,Luciano

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• Raptorman (7219)
• [2008-04-02 8:18]

Hello Ulla , a little detail loss but good colors and comp. TFS .

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2008-04-02 8:49]

Hallo Ulla,
you right this bird is very colorful. I'm amazed about the quality having shot through a window, specially looking at my dirty ones ;-).
Lovely diagonal composition, the colors are excellent and nice sharpness.
Sky

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• jaycee (14987)
• [2008-04-02 9:53]

Hi Ulla,

Your windows must be cleaner than mine! This is a very beautiful bird with those wonderful colors. Nice of him to be such a perfect model. Excellent details of the face, wings and plummage. Get over that flu quickly - take care of yourself.

Jane

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• Luis52 (10144)
• [2008-04-02 10:15]

Hola Sra. Ulla.
I do belive that birds are one of the most beautiful creatures made by God. It is a great gift for all humans.
Great image of Your visitor. I wish to have it near to my house too.
Luis52.

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• nglen (20998)
• [2008-04-02 10:30]

Hi Ulla . Sorry to hear you are not feeling too well today make sure you look after yourself.This is agood shot through the window they must be very clean. I captured a Goldfinch last sunday the first fair picture of one i have taken. you have done so well with fine detail and natural colours. You take care. well done TFS.
Nick..

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• Alex99 (14629)
• [2008-04-02 10:32]

Hi Ulla.
This is my favorite specie since childhood. I like watch it a lot especially so nice picture of it. Wonderful tree branch pattern, pleasant smooth BG and fine colours of the image (as well as exposure and lighting). Bravo.
Alexei.

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• cloud (1851)
• [2008-04-02 10:55]

Hello Ulla,
I wish that there wasn't too many twigs in Bg. Goldfinch is colourful and good pose.
Regards, Pawel

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• haraprasan (13068)
• [2008-04-02 11:10]

Hi Ulla,
This looks much similar to the Javafinch which is being reared here as a bird of cage. Nice composition and very good details. An excellent capture. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• Hil (4839)
• [2008-04-02 11:35]

Hi Ulla,

Great shot of the Goldfinch, nice pose and POV, with great well saturated colours, I spotted my first one two weeks ago but didnt manage to get a shot but I was still quite excited to see one, in the UK they are doing well with the milder winters and they have now become the 10th most common in our gardens so one day I might get one too, hope you feel better soon.

Hil

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• boreocypriensis (12716)
• [2008-04-02 13:38]

Hi Ulla,
Splendid shot of this beautifull European Goldfinch in all aspects my friend! You captured it in a lovely posture. TFS.
Cheers,
Bayram

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• pekkavalo1 (3773)
• [2008-04-02 13:44]

Hello Ulla,

Very well composed picture, good pose, colours and BG. Some softness of details but due to being shot through window. Good work.

TFS

Pekka

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• gracious (12298)
• [2008-04-02 14:01]

Hello Ulla,
Oh! I loved this bird! so colourful!
nicely captured with a good pose of it in good sharpness and perfect details
well done
many thanks for sharing
regards
Tony

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• rousettus (8316)
• [2008-04-02 18:15]

Hello dear Ulla,
Carduelis carduelis is common species here. It occurs even in my school garden. But your great capture with compact better than my SLR. Congratulations indeed. Great POV and composition. Nicely focused. TFS, I hope you get better now. best regards
Ahmet

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• xTauruSx (343)
• [2008-04-02 19:34]

Hello Ulla,
Wonderful shot! TFS. Regards,
Deniz

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• nkasot (189)
• [2008-04-02 19:55]

Hi Ulla,
Splendid and perfect shot of this beautiful bird with nice details, lighting and framing. TFS. Regards,
Nazım

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• darwin (1714)
• [2008-04-02 21:00]

Hi Ulla
Wonderful capture of this visitor to your garden
Lovely color
Nice composition and pose. tfs jon

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• Ishi (1896)
• [2008-04-03 0:23]
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Hope you are better today, Ulla!

Lovely shot!

European Goldfinches are seen quite often in Israel. Unfortunately they have become endangered because of illegal trapping, to be sold as pets, because of their beautiful song.

As for the name, I believe the‘Steglits’ in Swedish comes form 'Stieglitz' in German.

Get well soon!

Ishi

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• JPlumb (2837)
• [2008-04-03 1:08]

Hi Ulla, I've seen birds that look like this in pet stores, and always assumed they were a tropical bird. We have the American Goldfinches in Canada, but they don't have this red on them. This guy is awesome. With all your difficulties you still got a good specimen here with great colour and decent detail in a very good pose. Nicely done.

Thanks, John

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• Silvio2006 (23934)
• [2008-04-03 5:41]

Hi Ulla, splendid bird with fantastic colors, superb details and excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• NinaM (4593)
• [2008-04-03 11:14]

Hi Ulla, you have a great result for a picture through-the-window! How I wish we could see those beautiful birds here, but I am glad to discover them on TN. I love the lilac branches as the decor for this lovely picture of yours, with natural colours yet flaming on this bird. Thank you!

Francine

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• Royaldevon (3278)
• [2008-04-03 12:51]
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Hello Ulla,

You are a true hero, still determined to capture a rare bird even though suffering from flu! You are like my father: " Get your priorities right!"

This is a beautiful bird and you have captured his details and colours well.

We used to get a lot of gold finches when we bought our house at first because there were a lot of weeds casting seeds. Since it has been more cultivated, we have seen them less and less!

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

p.s. Hope you are soon feeling better.

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• Adanac (13964)
• [2008-04-03 20:05]

Hello Ulla,
The patterns and colors in this species are truly amazing. You have captured them well thank you Ulla.
Rick

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• Mana (16346)
• [2008-04-04 7:36]

Hi Ulla,
Excellent shot of this European Goldfinch with amazing colours and details on its plumage. Great lighting and exposure and you have captured it in a fine pose. I like this natural surrounding very much and your chosen POV to portray it. Very nicely composed. too. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• parthasarathi (1121)
• [2008-04-04 22:58]

I never saw such a good picture of European Goldfinch and get well soon for us to present some more such beautiful shots.

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• marmottelolo (14467)
• [2008-04-06 7:20]

bonjour ulla
je pense que le convertisseur vous fait perdre un peu de piqué mais cela reste acceptable,d'autant que l'oiseau est parfaitement eclairé.
laurent

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• angybone (7204)
• [2008-04-06 7:59]

What a gorgeous bird! Lovely shot - wonderfully composed. Just perfectly done! (as usual!)

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• arfer (0)
• [2008-04-06 20:47]

Hello Ulla

These are such beautiful birds,I wish they were here.
Excellent colours and lighting.
The POV is very good.
Lovely plumage detail.
Well done.
TFS

Rob

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• ramthakur (25076)
• [2008-04-06 22:10]

Immaculate capture of this pretty and colourful bird, Ulla.
The maze of braches in the background does not distract. It makes the capture more authentic, on the contrary.
TFS and best regards.
Ram

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• jmp (8400)
• [2008-04-09 14:53]

Hi Ulla,
Thank for posting this charming bird, so common in our contry. A perfect pose, light and natural background.
TFS, José M.