Black & White Greenfinch...

I'm using this last week of the B&W Bookclub theme to expand my experience of 'B&W as normality'... to polish (if I can) my technique of seeing and then capturing images in B&W that we would normally expect to see in colour. I don't expect this to be easy... or necessarily successful!

Best viewed large...

[Keith Porteous]

This works well, sharp and nicely textured. The foliage adds nice detail and another dimension

[Ian Watts]

Beautiful focus and looks great large - fantastic range of tones. Beautiful. FAV.

[Gill W]

Fab shot - I think the b&w probably puts more attention onto the detail in the feather. Love the way the leaves frame the bird. I have a shot of a robin which definitely does not do well in mono so am keeping it for 1st March!

[Lisa Targowska]

What a lovely shot. Very successful. The light on the bird is lovely and its a wonderful composition.

[April]

viewed it large...wonderful detail and light!

[Jocasta]

This one definitely needs to be seen LARGE - the detail is fantastic and I didn't think I'd like a b&w greenfinch until I pressed the big button.

[Kellelynne H. Riley]

I love his expression!

[Shelley]

Great capture.

[Joan Robillard]

I don't know why I so often forget to view large. But it is wonderful when you do this. Love the look the bird is giving you.

[Vijay]

Fabulous ... worth viewing large!!

[Jo Henn]

Love it on Large! Fabulous detail and texture. Love the light too.

[Niki]

So beautiful and full of love.

[Pete Roberts]

That is different Richard and looks really good in b and w

[Tom]

Somehow I( missed this yesterday.. Very nice use of the light, wonderful textures in the birds feathers, and the foliage detail where the light is falling is amazing.

[Shanne]

fantastic details - interesting to see this in b&w - the one I really like in b&w is flowers (and that's not a usual choice), hadn't thought about birds