{"id":1250,"date":"2008-11-26T00:11:25","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T00:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1250"},"modified":"2013-11-19T00:05:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T00:05:10","slug":"a-splash-of-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/a-splash-of-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"A splash of gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The weather is definitely edging into winter, but I'll be happy if we continue to get days like today. Cold, but beautiful sunshine and blue skies. The chill factor has two main effects. It can reduce battery life (not really a problem) and my hands get cold (definitely a problem). (Makes mental note to dig out a pair of gloves.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, the goldfinches don't seem to mind and I spent twenty minutes taking photos of an adult and juvenile at the edge of the woods. They were busy feeding in the tree, and if you look closely (or click the picture to zoom) you can see a bud in the juvenile's beak.
Juvenile goldfinch (left) and adult (right)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Juvenile goldfinch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Adult goldfinch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

After watching these colourful little birds, the jackdaws back by my office were a striking contrast. I'm afraid you're likely to see a fair few of these shots so I'll try to vary the style a bit. This one was taken against a red brick wall. I masked the background and converted that part of the image to black and white, and also used noise reduction to soften it. I left what little colour the jackdaw offers alone.
Jackdaw<\/span><\/a>
\"Nature<\/a><\/span>
Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980],"tags":[33,211,47],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","tag-birds","tag-goldfinch","tag-jackdaw","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t