Goldfinch | Stieglitz - a photo on Flickriver

            Largely due to their rareness around the areas I spend most of my birding time, I've used the infrequent shot of a Goldfinch as the yard stick for how my photography skills develop. There's generally enough time in between each observation that I see a marked difference in how close i'm able to get, lighting, composition, colour rendition and of course, there's also a little luck to factor into the mix!

On this occasion, I observed a small group of 5 Goldfinches picking away at a thistle bush, doing a sterling job of dispersing the seeds as they went about their business. Easy come; easy go, but there was just enough time for a few shots of the feeding action.

Taken in: Luxembourg / Grevenmacher / Remerschen (show map)

Taken on: July 16, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D500, f/5.6, 1/400 sec, 500mm (=750mm), ISO 280 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D500
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	500mm (35mm equivalent: 750mm)
ISO:	280
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.10.1 (Macintosh)
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