Philemon buceroides

[greg cowle]

I heard a noise and looked out to see this helmeted friarbird feeding over the fence in the back yard. Pruned the foliage around the bill in PP.
420mm, 1/1000, f5.6, ISO4000.

[David Roach]

Love the vegetation and the bird in this one. Great EXP and details. Might cut some from right side to banish cut vegetation. TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like the image Greg but I think it is too bright, a slight adjustment in curves really helps the image IMHO.

[kevin Hice]

Neat capture Greg,might take out some more vegetation close to the neck. Can still see some artifact of what you removed. I agree a little bright. Love the flower. TFS

[annmpacheco]

Great looking bird! decrease exposure and clean up the artifacts and repost please, looking forward to seeing this reprocessed.

[John Mack]

Neat looking bird kind of reminds me of a dinosaur. The perch is neat as well.

[William Dickson]

I love the scene here. Agree that reducing the exposure/highlights would bring out even more detail.

Will

[greg cowle]

Attached is a repost, slight exposure adjustment and playing with the tone curve, then a bit more effort on the pruning. There were only 2 leaves I cut, note too that there is pollen on the underside of the bill. Thanks for the suggestions, I hope this version is better.

[annmpacheco]

Very nice repost, the flower on the bottom looks like it was too overexposed to recover any details...TFS

[Arthur Morris]

Neat bird and habitat. The darker repost is better. My favorite part? The blossom below the bird -- good job of getting that all in.

with love, artie