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Long tail finch


Long tail finch
Photo Information
Copyright: jon cody (darwin) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 260 W: 0 N: 403] (1393)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-11-11
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 40D, 100-400L is
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/200 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-11-17 3:37
Viewed: 2544
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Other Names; Shaft tail finch,Black hearts
Physical descriptions
Grey head, black "bib" extending from chin to the throat, black markings extending from each side of the beak to the eye, brown back and wings, pinkish-brown colored breast and belly, black thighs, white rump, black tail with long tail wires, orange legs. The Long-tailed grassfinch has a yellow beak, and the Heck's grassfinch (which is considered the subspecies) has a red beak (although sometimes it is more orange, probably due to indiscriminate mating of the subspecies to the nominate form). Juveniles emerge from the nest with a black beak, flesh-colored legs and feet, a smaller bib than the adult, and with duller plumage overall.

Parsons Finch Several mutations exist including: fawn (which is a paler, more tawny brown version overall, where even the black of the throat eyes and thighs becomes more of a dark brown), cream (the entire bird becomes shades of off-white, with the exceptions of the black areas on the normal bird which are more of a light brown color), white (the entire bird is white and the normally black markings are hardly visible), and pied.

The Shaft-tail finch looks very similar to a separate species called the Parson's Finch (P. cincta), but can be differentiated from the Parson's by the color of the bill. The Shaft-tail will have a yellow, orange, or red bill, whereas the Parson's Finch has a black bill. The Parson's Finch also has a shorter tail.
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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1365 W: 56 N: 4667] (16040)
  • [2008-11-17 6:25]

Hello Jon,
Perfect! both the pose and the picture.Good focus, lighting and sharpness.Nice blurred background too.
Regards,
Siggi

G’day jon Beautiful image. Excellent exposure, focus, feathers are so sharp and full of detail, and DOF. Well done!
TFS Paul

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16522)
  • [2008-11-17 23:05]

Hi Jon

Lovely shot - I really like the soft colours here, Nice work.

James

Hello Jon, I really like this one with a fine composition and soft colors. Very well done! I did a quick workshop just to 'boost' it a bit, hope you don't mind. Thanks!

Mario

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5578] (18516)
  • [2008-11-18 22:06]

Hi Jon,
Wonderful shot of this cute little birdie with such lovely soft colours and sharp details. Great handling of lighting and I like the BG which looks so special. Excellent POV and composition.
TFS.
Sumon

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  • eliz Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 167 W: 22 N: 269] (1535)
  • [2008-11-18 22:18]

hello darwin
wonderful species. never seen this. and the pose of the bird is also splendid.
you have a problem with the lack of details on the bird body but it seems that EOSF1 did a good job in his workshop bringing the details back and making the image more eye pumping.

Hi Jon,
Very good capture of this beautiful Long Tail Finch. Great pose and composition, sharp details and very beautiful colours.
TFS
Pekka

Very good exposure & color Jon, nice catchlight.
You have composed well, and it's a great POV :)
Howard

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2404 W: 63 N: 4226] (13818)
  • [2008-11-22 8:38]

Hi Jon,
Color tones, lighting, POV and composition look very nice. There seems to be a problem with the focusing or the post processing as the bird is not so sharp in this version. TFS
All the best,
Selen

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  • cako Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 545 W: 0 N: 735] (3213)
  • [2008-11-24 10:47]

Hi Jon
very naturel color
very nice image of a bird
well done.

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2983 W: 162 N: 911] (2687)
  • [2008-11-25 1:43]

Hello Jon,
This is a gorgeous little bird in wonderful colours and very well captured here! Excellent focus and sharp details and I like the background and the composition very much!
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3800 W: 190 N: 11298] (34839)
  • [2008-11-25 7:10]

A real little beaut Jon!
Superb capture of a Long-tailed Finch showing well from a great POV against a fine neutral BG. The orange beak shines like a light.
TFS this beauty,
Cheers,
Ivan

hello Jon

beautiful image of this new bird for me,
shot with fine POV and framing, i love his pose
and i also love that with the bird we can see
parts of his environement, beautiful warm colour tones,
excellent sharpness and details, TFS

Asbed

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  • demeve Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 603 W: 11 N: 1627] (5989)
  • [2008-11-30 13:03]

Hello Jon,
Great picture of this finch. Excellent composition and colors,
POV is very good

Everton

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