Before and after

[arash_hazeghi]

This is a juvenile red-winged black bird I photographed last winter in Victoria BC. I was setup for the sun when this guys suddenly perched in the shade, didn't think about changing exposure so it was underexposed at ISO 2000. However I was able to lift the shadows with no loss of quality thanks to 5D4 and DPP4.5. hope you like this frame

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5D4 400DO II + 1.4X III. ISO 2000. f/5.6 at 1/800sec hand held. processed with DPP 4.5

[arash_hazeghi]

and here is the original for comparison

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[sasan nejadi]

woww..... nice shot..... nice perch .... nice BG ... nice IQ.....TFS

[John Mack]

Cool perch, nice background. Great job with the post processing.

[Alex Becker]

Great recovery and thanks for sharing the before photo -- its very helpful to see exactly what has changed. Nice details colors and the perch is very cool. A nice BG as well. In the original it looks like there are some specular highlights that I'm not seeing in the edited version -- were those edited out or just smoothed over with NR? Thanks for sharing!

[John Whaley]

Good capture. I like the pose, perch and bg with sharp focus and detail. Guessing you used Neat Image on this one.

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Alex,

I used neat image on the BG (not the bird) the specular highlights were smoothened by NR and I also manually cleaned up its beak. DPP handled all the NR that was needed by the bird

best

[Isaac Grant]

Now that is how you make a common bird look great. Love the pose, had angle and that chocolate background. Love this.

[Melissa Usrey]

Stunning!!!

[Michael Thompson]

I love that mossy perch, and the patterns in the bird. nice job brightening it up, great colors!

[Arthur Morris]

Great bird, perch, save, BKGR, and processing :)

with love, artie

[Arthur Morris]

ps: juvie male and I love the crop too.

[Glenn Conlan]

Love the perch and the feather detail is well shown