Male and Female GreenFinches

[Rogerw]

Thank goodness I have a nice Front Garden hide, been very lucky to have many Greenfinch and Chaffinch in the Garden along with many other Birds ,so at least I can keep my hand in whilst lockdown remains.

[Clicker]

Were you in your hide Roger?  .. Ooops ...just read the accompanying text ...yes you were ... Some fine detail  as usual ... the background appears a very uniform colour though ....is that a result of your processing ?  I think my favourite may be the last one  in this set ... Hope you are keeping well in these  testing times ... You can start a library of garden bird portraits   and maybe give some of us a few pointers  to improve our bird photography ....well me at least  

[johntwo]

Nice series Roger but the last two are the standouts.  I haven't seen a Greenfinch in years.  They used to visit but seem to have moved on.  Saw the first Thrush for some years though today.  We used to have quite a few.  One in particular used to mimic one of the old trim phones.  A bit disturbing around dawn when you're half asleep.

[Clicker]

We have greenfinchs regularly too John... They re quite bossy too and chase  the goldfinches off the feeders if they're all occupied..I know Roger has a super hide in his garden ... not something I ever even  thought about till he posted a picture of it ... It all seems so obvious though doesn't it?  

[Ryewolf]

Nicely caught Roger, I don't think I've seen them before.

[Rogerw]

11 hours ago, Clicker said:

Were you in your hide Roger?  .. Ooops ...just read the accompanying text ...yes you were ... Some fine detail  as usual ... the background appears a very uniform colour though ....is that a result of your processing ?  I think my favourite may be the last one  in this set ... Hope you are keeping well in these  testing times ... You can start a library of garden bird portraits   and maybe give some of us a few pointers  to improve our bird photography ....well me at least  

Hi Polly  well can't help the back ground without faking it , as that's my Garage door lol, I can alter the colour as I have done, so unless I plant a tree in front of the garage it can't be helped heheeheheh.

[Clicker]

That explains it Roger ... I thought  you must have set up a perch as I just never get a twigless background or even foreground  for my shots ... I need a hide like yours methinks ... and some lessons !!!   Fabulous as usual ... Do you miss your Astral photography work ...which was also brilliant by the way ...

[Rogerw]

6 hours ago, Clicker said:

That explains it Roger ... I thought  you must have set up a perch as I just never get a twigless background or even foreground  for my shots ... I need a hide like yours methinks ... and some lessons !!!   Fabulous as usual ... Do you miss your Astral photography work ...which was also brilliant by the way ...

Hi Polly, yes I have spent a lot of time and money on getting the right setup , it would be nice to have a nice hedge as a background but its not possible for me , as my hide is in the Hedge lol, it would be to much in the open the other way around and to many ppl would see it . best time for me is Morning and just after lunch  that's if the sun is out . as for Astro . yes I do miss it , but weather was the main reason for shutting it down exposures take 4/5 hours and rely on ultra clear skies and that was getting worse year on, But I just love Nature ,just wish I had done it at a early age. now this Virus has put a stop to valuable time in my old age lol. may it soon die off , pesky thing.

[Denis]

Fantastic images of which I am very enviable

Always a delight to see  any  of your photographs Roger .

[Rogerw]

4 hours ago, Denis said:

Fantastic images of which I am very enviable

Always a delight to see  any  of your photographs Roger .

Thanks Denis , hope we can meet up one day over at Parndon . the feeders are down now at the view point back up in November, so wont be there now till winter , how time fly's by .

[loki]

some great close ups of the birds.  excellent poses.

[CMunzel]

Lovely clear images, Roger. We don’t have finches like these in Australia. What a great idea to build a hide in your garden. If you could be bothered to repost that photo of it that Polly referred to, I’d like to see it. 

[Rogerw]

On 03/04/2020 at 22:57, CMunzel said:

Lovely clear images, Roger. We don’t have finches like these in Australia. What a great idea to build a hide in your garden. If you could be bothered to repost that photo of it that Polly referred to, I’d like to see it. 

Hi I have modified it a bit now so will get some images done for you .

 

[CMunzel]

1 hour ago, Rogerw said:

Hi I have modified it a bit now so will get some images done for you .

 

Thank you very much

[Clicker]

You did post a pic of it once but I have hunted high and low for it and been unable to trace it Roger ... it was some time between about May  2016 and July 2017 ..  I looked for it in your past images but just could not find it ... so sorry Cheryl ... Hopefully as Roger says , he may get another pic  to show you ...   

[CMunzel]

Thank you for looking for the photo of the hide,Polly. If Roger can take a pic of the hide and post it, I’ll be keen to see it.