Tree Swallow Hovering

[Desmond Chan]

D300 300 +1.7TC on tripod. Manual exposure mode, natural light. ISO 400 f4.8 1/1600 sec.

Cropped.


C&C appreciated and thank you for looking !

[Bruce Gove]

Nice image Desmond - I like the catch light in the eye and the colors are nice. I wonder if you considered blurring the bkgr??

Cheers,

Bruce

[Mike Fuhr]

I really like this one -- nice capture. I actually like the BG as it is. Very nice. The only thing I might nit is the white area on the neck -- you may be able to tone it down a bit (although my monitor tends to run a bit bright).

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice pose with extended wings, iridescence and eye highlight. Looks like a significant crop. BG is nice but I would try and smooth out some of the sharper pale lines running through it (clone stamp in darken mode with a big, low opacity soft brush may be a good starting point)

[Arthur Morris]

Wonderful COMP and a great job by everyone above. The group is getting so good that I am often left speechless--and that is not a common occurrence.... Good catch on the blown whites on the neck by Mike. Does your master file show the clipping? (I am betting that the JPEG does...)

[Mark Dumbleton]

All nits noted. Love the pose of the bird and I like the BG as is.
Well done

[Desmond Chan]

Does your master file show the clipping? (I am betting that the JPEG does...)

The raw file show 250/251 as the highest RGB values at some spots. I did tone the white down to 246. I guess it would be better to have it tuned down even more then.


Again, thanks for the comments and suggestions guys !!