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Satish Ranadive
03-05-2016, 12:21 AM
Image was created in the Oct,2015. This is another frame from the one (same series) which I have posted in 2015.

Basic editing. Cropped for composition.
OOF part of branch at left corner of the perched removed.
Selectively sharpened the head. Eye lighten and catch-light lighten more selectively.Part of the perch darkened. NR applied to BG.


ISO: 400, 1/1000 @5.6. Spot metering. Manual settings.
Canon 550D, 100-400 mm.

Thanks for viewing, critiques and comments,
Kind Regards,
Satish.
Sanjeev Aurangabadkar
03-05-2016, 01:11 AM
A very nice preening pose Satish, love that BG too. Just wish for a bit more DOF.
Ihtisham Kabir
03-05-2016, 02:51 AM
A very nice pose of a beautiful bird, which you caught very well.
Arthur Morris
03-05-2016, 05:13 AM
Yes to very nice. Can you say "uropygial gland"? I am fine with the d-o-f but would love to see the face opened up a bit: some NIK Detail Extractor/Tonal Contrast would do wonders for this at about 25%. a

ps: or maybe just pull the curve up on the whole image as the WHITEs are looking a bit gray...
Satish Ranadive
03-05-2016, 05:36 AM
Thank you all for your feed back and kind comments.

Regards,
Satish.
Satish Ranadive
03-05-2016, 05:39 AM
Yes to very nice. Can you say "uropygial gland"? I am fine with the d-o-f but would love to see the face opened up a bit: some NIK Detail Extractor/Tonal Contrast would do wonders for this at about 25%. a

ps: or maybe just pull the curve up on the whole image as the WHITEs are looking a bit gray...

Thank you so much Sir, for your kind feed back. Gland is very clear in the next frame. I will post it.
Here is the repost.

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Regards,
satish.
keith mitchell
03-05-2016, 06:27 AM
Satish the repost just gives the image that bit of lift that it needed, lovely natural shot.

Keith.
John Robinson
03-05-2016, 06:53 AM
Both look pretty good to me Satish
maybe the BG is a little bit "colourful"- but no big deal. At least it has a little gradation in it which I always like in bird shots.
Good theme image whatever.
John
Arthur Morris
03-05-2016, 02:54 PM
Hey Satish, Even though I am viewing in the car at Kennedy Space Center the face on the repost looks much better; you did a good job. a