Photo of the week is Goldfinch

Helsinki, Finland 3.12.2004

Canon 1Ds Mark II+500mm(f4.0)+1.4x, 1/1600sec. f7.0, 500 asa

Aurinkoisen talvipäivän kruunasi yhteistyöhaluisen tikliparven löytyminen. Vuosien haave tiklikuvista lumisilla ohdakkeilla aurinkoisen pakkaspäivän valoissa toteutui vihdoin!

A good shooting day, full of sunshine from a clear blue winter sky, became perfect as I discovered a flock of cooperative Goldfinch. For years I have hunted for a picture of Goldfinch feedi ng on snow covered thistle,shot in beatiful crisp winter sunlight. Dream come true!.