Fun in Florida

[Diane Chenault]

D300 200-400 lens 1.4 tele. f8 320 ISO. 4:50pm a few days ago in Central Florida. No cropping or sharpening. A twig was removed in the lower left hand corner. Wanted to see if it was possible to post without sharpening. It looks very sharp on my computer.

Thanks for a good site.

Diane

[Jim Poor]

The lower bird could definitely use a dose of smart sharpen. It does look nice and sharp for an out of the camera starting point, which can only be enhanced by a little sharpening post shutter to counter the AA filter of the camera.

A crop from the left would improve things a little.

I like the wing raised and open beak and perch. A move down and right might bring the nest itself (I think that's part of the nest in the lower right) which would really put this over the top for me.

[Mike Lentz]

Fun in Florida is right. I agree about pulling a crop in on the lefthand portion of the image. Nice image, Diane.

[Linda Robbins]

Wonderful behavior capture, and the head angles of both birds are good. Regarding the composition, I think that the image would have been stronger if you had pointed your camera down a bit and more to the right to lesson the blank sky on the left and above the birds. A vertical may have worked well here too. Sharp for out of the camera, but it would benefit from some sharpening, especially the lower bird as mentioned.

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Diane, Good to see you here. Great suggestions above esp. by the lovely Ms. Linda. I would add a dose of SH/H and some de-SAT of the reds and the blues. later and love, artie

[Diane Chenault]

Thanks for your help & ideas with this image. I did the shadow/highlights, cropped to a vertical, & sharpened & QM out a branch.

[Arthur Morris]

Way to go Diane. The re-post is a huge improvement. (YAW)

later and love,

artie

[Jim Poor]

Very nice indeed!