Relaxed Yellow Hammer.

[keith mitchell]

Nikon D4
Nikon 300mm 2.8
1/1600@f7.1
iso 1250.

Thanks for taking a look and your comments and tips on my last post.Bit of self critique but I wish I had got all the tail.

[William Dickson]

Very nice Keith. The feather detail is looking real good. Lovely image of one of our beautiful birds. I changed the temp a little WDYT?

Will

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[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image. Beautiful colors, superb details and nice composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[keith mitchell]

Thanks Satish much appreciated,thanks for your input Will I think it just lifts the bird a tad but i'm afraid I'm not so keen on the change of bg colour,appreciate your time on this mate.

Keith.

[Bill Nuttall]

Morning Keith - beautiful bird

if you could smooth the bg that would make a lot of difference IMHO ................ that's the ONLY adjustment that I have made - couple of minutes in PS

your colours are good, nice HA, detail and sharpness is there, DOF fine, good composition and the foreground is interesting, (a few bits and pieces could be cloned in if you are picky,,,,, that white strand in the middle of the fg), and you could apply a little NR to the bg, (but that level of noise can add as generally when you use a clone tool it reduces noise depending on the setting)

Keep well

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[David Salem]

Nice looking bird and you have some great detail and colors in this one.
I really like the background and Bill's repost cleaned it up well. Good work

[keith mitchell]

Thanks Bill must say that bg looks nice,Thanks David would love to twist that head just to give a look back pose,maybe next time.

Keith.

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Keith - Nice details and colors. It pops against that bg. Nice clean-up job by Bill.

TFS,
Rachel

[keith mitchell]

Thank you Rachel.