# Pine Siskin

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pine-siskin/45730>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [March 5, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pine-siskin/45730 "2025-03-05T16:22:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pine-siskin/45730/1 "2025-03-05T16:22:27Z")

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![Pine Siskin-NPN.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/c/7/c7a60bbd8bcbc38935c3900345e58646b8d3b7b6.jpeg)

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> The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

### Description

Some years I don’t see any Pine Siskins, but this year they’re in abundance. I liked this for the somewhat dynamic pose.

### Specific Feedback

Any thoughts appreciated.

### Technical Details

Canon R5; 100-500 with 1.4 TC at 700 mm; 1/400 at f10; ISO 160

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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pine-siskin/45730/3 "2025-03-05T22:05:38Z")

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Nice job, Allen. That blue looks pretty deep for a northwest sky. Other than that, I love it.

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**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pine-siskin/45730/4 "2025-03-06T01:16:35Z")

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> [@Dennis\_Plank](#):
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> That blue looks pretty deep for a northwest sky.

Hi Dennis, It was one of those very clear winter days and the sky was a very deep blue. I didn’t do anything in post to intentionally boost the blue.

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**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pine-siskin/45730/5 "2025-03-07T14:07:30Z")

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It is a dynamic pose and I really like the back view. Feathers are such amazing things and showing all that neat organization and patterning is a treat. I’ve noticed the same thing with these and other birds, mostly Redpolls, that they seem to vanish some years and descend in a hoard in others. I also agree about winter skies - sometimes the blue is intense, not maybe as much as an October sky, but close. Not always our first choice for bird backgrounds, but this one works well.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morrissey](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/peter_morrissey/32/683_2.png) [@Peter\_Morrissey](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Peter_Morrissey)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pine-siskin/45730/6 "2025-03-08T12:51:44Z")

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HI Allen  
The Pine Siskin has very good feather detail and eye contact. The Blue sky is helped by the dark framing of the photograph.  
Peter

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pine-siskin/45730/7 "2025-03-20T23:12:57Z")

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I’ll join in here to say how much I like this portrait. I like the trick with the black border. Very appealing, overall. Well done, I say.