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Goldfinch.1 by *THEDOC4:iconTHEDOC4:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Wild Animals

©2006-2009 *THEDOC4
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Goldfinches i find are very shy birds and make very difficult subjects to photograph. I noticed a family of them feeding there young on the thistles =p giving me a much better chance!!!!!

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~mialythila Aug 6, 2006, 1:12:00 PM
Oh you have pretty goldfinches there! Ours look like this [link] but yours have red and black on their heads! Pretty bird!

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*THEDOC4 Aug 6, 2006, 1:35:22 PM
Cheers!!!!!!=D your species clearly does look gold!!!!!!
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~mialythila Aug 6, 2006, 3:59:40 PM
Haha yeah they do :P

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~ Matt Ruff
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*Zarafa Aug 6, 2006, 6:23:56 PM
Dave - again, beautiful colour, clarity and wonderful light also. I know from experience how difficult it is to capture small birds, as they are so 'flittery' or 'flighty' and being small you have to get so close to them. This is a beautiful capture of a very attractive bird. The clarity you achieve makes it like seeing with my own eyes...which I think is a great achievement...:clap: :clap:

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~NZB Aug 6, 2006, 11:05:32 PM
Nice capture. I hate trying to take photos of small birds, always fail :P Nice shot :D

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~vampirate88 Aug 6, 2006, 11:34:59 PM
beautiful shot! i think ive seena goldfinch..once and it was in my nans garden, i went to grab the binoculars and it flew off, lol so great capture!

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=SherylLaBouchardiere Aug 6, 2006, 11:53:24 PM
Wonderful. How lucky you are to get such a good photo of one. One of my favourite British birds, we very oacsionally see them passing through our garden but never get a chance to get any where near them, before they're off!

Perhaps I should plant some thistles and tempt them to linger?

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~Kitty5000 Aug 7, 2006, 2:02:06 AM
A very nice shot. =D
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~GeraldWinslow Aug 7, 2006, 2:09:03 AM
Another great capture. Not only the beauty of the bird, but the wispy look of the thistle down. Is the light in the bird's eye from the sun?
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*THEDOC4 Aug 7, 2006, 2:20:40 AM
Thankyou =p i always wanted to capture them as thistles as its the surroundings most people relate the goldfinch too. yes the light is the suns reflection, i try to aviod flash as much as i can, i find it bleaches the natural colour of
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