California Quail (male)

[Mark Schmitt]

This is a composit of 4 different images. I did not like the original BG so I added this one; so, there is one elemet of the composit. There are five others; I will leave it to the critical eyes of the forum to determin what they are;)

For art sake, I like this as is.

EXIF
Camera: Canon 30D
Lense: Canon EF 500 IS L USM @ 4.0
Mode: All manual
Flash: fill in
ISO: 500
White bal: custom 5300K
Exposure: 1/1250 @ f 4.5, : ISO 320 : metering mode, partial : white bal 5200k : RAW, processed in Adobe Lightroom, CS2, Neat : monopod
Feel free ;)

[Arthur Morris]

Good PS work as I am at a loss. I like everything about it but for the bloom right behind the bill.... The image has a dreamy look.

[Doug Brown]

Nice pose and perch. I like the BG, although I'd probably blur it a bit more. I agree with Artie about removing the flower behind the beak. I'd also do a levels adjustment on the blacks to make them a little blacker. Nice PS work, although I'd clean up the line around the perch.