Red Brow Finch-up close

[hotspur]

These tiny beautiful bird feed on grass seeds,they are only around 3 inches long,and difficult to photograph.A small party of them were outside the observatory yesterday and some hoped up on to a fence post,I managed a few quick photos with my 50D and 400 L lens,distance was 4.2 metres,both images cropped.

Hope these may be of interest,cheers Chris

[gary]

Hi Chris,

Fabulous detail of this tiny bird!

We have the pleasure of them making daily appearances here, sometimes
up to a dozen or so at a time. It must be chaos in the nest!

[rcheshire]

Very nice Chris.

[bloodhound31]

He's gorgeous! I only say that for animals.... ;)

[Ric]

Great shot Chris, wonderful detail and colours.

[Paddy]

They certainly are hard to photograph - I've been trying for ages to get one of the flock down our lane. Very impressive shots Chris!

[StephenM]

Nice work Chris. Did you do any sharpening on the 1st image, or is that straight out of the camera?

Cheers,
Stephen

[naskies]

Great job. They're rather difficult to sneak up on, aren't they? I was going to ask which 400L (2.8 IS, 4.0 DO, 5.6, et al) but then I saw it in your signature :P

[lacad01]

Beautiful capture, well done! :thumbsup: