SUNSHINE COUNTRY BATH

[douglas hayes]

Drying off after a good stream bed dunking at 4,300' elevation. Later sang a lyrical bath time song.


Canon EOS-1D Mark IV EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4III 1/3200 5.6 400 -1/3

[Raybel Robles]

Hi Douglas,

I like the bird colors against the good clean background. I only think the bird is lacking a bit of details, maybe a bit more sharpening around the head could help? Also i think the bird is a bit too low in the frame. I think if you place the bird a bit higher providing you have canvas at the bottom would help.

TFS


Raybel

[Don Railton]

Hi Douglas,

Pretty bird on a nice perch and a lovely BG. Count me as another that would lift the bird in the frame.. I see a bit of a sharpening halo appearing over the head so more sharpening will make this worse... Did you hand hold? I think I would have expected more detail in the chest feathers also. I would but pushing up the ISO and shutter speed if this was HH.

DON

[keith mitchell]

Hi Douglas,nits already covered ,this makes a nice change from the pristine feather perfect birds we see so often, I really like the wet bedraggled look.

Keith.:S3:

[Iain Barker]

Hi Douglas. Exposure looks spot on and the lighting quite nice. I agree subject is a bit tight in the bottom corner so you may be able to tweak the composition.

TFS
Iain

[Daniel Cadieux]

You had a neat opportunity here with the wet subject. Looks well exposed for the sort of harsh light you had. Good perch...but pointing your lens down more would have been beneficial to the comp. I also feel that although focused properly the image could stand another round of sharpening for web presentation.