Little Ringed Plover portrait

[prashant thakar]

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Image was created on 31 Mar 2014.
PP: row conversion in DPP; Cropped for composition; Level change; NR applied for BG; sharpen at end

7D | 1/1600 @ F: 5.6 | ISO: 400 | 370mm | AV Mode | bias: 0 | single point | WB: Auto | HH

C&C highly appreciate.

[Mike Herdman]

Really nice portrait...colors look good and background is smooth and looks great. The head area...looks a little soft to me...the body feathers has good detail but falls off towards the head area.

[Diane Miller]

Nice closeup! I'd crop some off the top (unless you're going for a magazine cover)! To me, the bird has the look of too much NR in DPP. NR and then sharpening are a delicate balance. I'd go back and look at it at 100% in raw and see if you could do with less NR, or if some of the NR tools in PS would be better.

[prashant thakar]

Thank you for the appreciation, i will rework on raw

[prashant thakar]

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I have done the PP again, Raw conversion with DPP, I have reduce noise using PS 6 with neat image.

[Diane Miller]

I see some improvement here -- good detail in the neck ring and whites. I wonder if the NR is still too much? I have found that DPP usually smooths things out too much for me, but I haven't used that camera. NeatImage can work wonders, but it too can give too smooth a look. Do it on a separate layer and evaluate at 100% and mask or reduce the opacity as needed.