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This is a male House Finch. The males get pretty colorful around breeding season. You know, you can never look too good for the ladies. They are a common bird and are found in all of the lower 48 states. We typically have a number of them at our feeders a few months of the year. However, I found this one on a trail to the beach in Southern California last April.
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dblay

What a beautiful House Finch this is. The color of it's feathers really stand out against that dark blue sky. Great photo, as always and thanks for sharing it. Enjoyed the puzzle too. :)

jals

Also I never knew the males had enhanced color during breeding season. I am learning a lot here. :-)

jals

Thank you so much Terry. I do appreciate all the info you took the time to post. I have a point and shoot with a 50x zoom and yes, I do have a problem holding it steady in order to have a clear photo. A lot of times I use a monopod or maybe my husband's shoulder if he's with me ❛‿❛
I have played a little with the settings on it, but it still seems the auto settings are better than what I come up with. And yes, I have discovered the focusing problem with the camera picking up on the nearer thing. I need to do more practicing.
Thanks again for your thoughtful answer!

seagirl7

Chickster, I was lucky enough to have a bright warm sunny day when I spotted the bird. Terry

seagirl7

Jals, I took very few photos with the cheap cameras I had in the past. I got into birding five years ago and got a good camera and a good telephoto lens. The down side of the lens is that it extends to nearly 11 inches and is very heavy due to all the "good glass" inside it. Using a tripod is not very practical for most birds. They have flown away before you ever get the tripod set up. Holding a long heavy lens vey still, is a challenge. I started out with a Canon D60 camera. Later I upgraded to a Canon 6D. My telephoto lens is a 100x400mm lens. That looks and sounds powerful but it really is not. On the camera I use the most it is equal in zoom to a point and shoot with a zoom around 10 or 12X. That is not that much for point and shoots today. I have a point and shoot I rarely use that is 50X. My lens is just better in photo quality than you would get with most point and shoot cameras.

Bird photo is difficult for a number of reason. It is difficult to get close enough to them for a good photo. When you do, they often do not sit still long enough to get the shot. They also like to sit in places where there are twigs and branches obscuring part of the bird. Some birds preen a lot or do other things that don't make desirable poses. I would love to give you, or others tips but it is complicated enough it wouldn't work well on here. We could try emailing but the phone works better because I would have various questions, like what kind of camera you have, for one. Bird photography works better if you manually choose some of your settings instead of shooting in automatic mode. I started out that way and learned I had a lot of photos where the bird is out of focus. I later learned what was happening. Most cameras have multiple focus metering points that they choose. They tend to prefer to focus on the larger items closest to the photographer. Often times there will be trees and such in the foreground and the bird is deeper into the scene. Thus the nearby tree, etc. is in focus but the bird is not. I learned to change the settings where I could select one small single focus point. When I did that, I could get the bird in focus most every time. I have a lot more I could share but not here. Thanks for your interest, Terry

chickster

Beautiful with the deep blue sky !

jals

Terry,
I don't know how you do it, but you have such a talent for taking great pictures. I've tried to take pictures of our House finches but they don't turn out as pretty as this. It looks like a painting.
What kind of camera and lens do you use? Maybe you can give me some pointers.

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