{"id":52072,"date":"2018-05-11T05:43:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T11:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=52072"},"modified":"2024-05-21T08:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T13:18:08","slug":"male-american-goldfinch-in-breeding-plumage-small-in-the-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/05\/11\/male-american-goldfinch-in-breeding-plumage-small-in-the-frame\/","title":{"rendered":"Male American Goldfinch in Breeding Plumage – Small in the Frame"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale American Goldfinch in breeding plumage – Nikon D500, f8, 1\/800, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine a bird whose bright yellow feathers rival the rays of the sun then add a black forehead, ebony eyes, black and white wings and you have a male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage. Feathered sunshine.<\/p>\n

I photographed this male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage last June in an alpine canyon as it perched on a wild fruit tree in the morning light. I like that the bird is small in the frame, how the leaves of the tree convey a sense of scale, that the finch is looking towards me and how the leaves frame the bird.<\/p>\n

It is a basic image but one that I find appealing because of its elegant simplicity. I guess I might be easy to please at times.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

I’ve sorted out the issues with my server and my site is running smoothly this morning. Hurray for the small things!<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American Goldfinch photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imagine a bird whose bright yellow feathers rival the rays of the sun then add a black forehead, ebony eyes, black and white wings and you have a male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage. Feathered sunshine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2715,27,1731,26,773],"tags":[4004,6480,6523,2716,6605,6666,4053,3940,3504,3495,6583,4062,4069,4104,6698,4043,2717,2315,4427,6522],"class_list":["post-52072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-goldfinches","category-avian","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-alpine","tag-amelanchier-utahensis","tag-american-goldfinch","tag-berries","tag-berry","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-canyon","tag-finch","tag-finches","tag-leaves","tag-male","tag-mountains","tag-perched","tag-serviceberry","tag-small-in-frame","tag-spinus-tristis","tag-summer-3","tag-tree","tag-utah-serviceberry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t