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Male Lesser Goldfinch


Male Lesser Goldfinch
Photo Information
Copyright: CJ Vincent (C_J) Silver Note Writer [C: 1 W: 0 N: 127] (451)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-01
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 400D Digital Rebel XTi, Canon Lens EF 300 mm 1:4 L IS, hoya 77mm HMC UV[O]
Exposure: f/16, 1/60 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-03-02 13:05
Viewed: 478
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
CJ's Desert Dwellers: Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria


Family:Fringillidae
Genus: Carduelis
Length:12.5 cm (4.5 in)
Wingspan: 20 cm (8 in)
Weight: 9.5 g (.33 oz)
Voice:Slow hoarse disjointed song with many imitations of other species. It's call is a distinctive high, clear tleeee, teeeeEE, or tseeew. The flight call is a chig chig chig.

It is our smallest finch,with the 'western' variant having a more green back, the 'Texas' variant more black-backed. Appearance is heavily sexually dimorphic (male and female look different), with the female a pale green back with weak-colored wingbars. The male is brighter with white spots on the tail and wings, with a dark black cap.
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Great quality with very good colours, the POV is a beat low to my taste.

Hallo,
Very nice capture. Excellent colours and very good sharp detail. Composition and DoF are great also. Very well done.
Regards, Krzysztof.

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  • shal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 287 W: 71 N: 499] (2086)
  • [2007-03-02 15:19]

Hi CJ,
what a simple yet beautiful composition,
lovely colours of the pretty bird under the blue skys,
the light is perfectly brightening up the bird,
Good framing :)
Cheers :D

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  • rdfoto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 375 W: 0 N: 747] (3202)
  • [2007-03-02 15:51]

Bonjour CJ
Excellente image, cadrage, gestion des couleurs et netteté. Bravo
Amicalement Robi

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1791 W: 8 N: 4653] (15039)
  • [2007-03-02 21:01]

Hi CJ

Lovely Goldfinch. You captured him perfectly. Wonderful colors, details and pose. And of course a beautiful blue sky.

Jane

Hi CJ

This is well composed with very good light nice saturation of colour and good presentation. :-)

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