Orchard Oriole

[John Sagert]

Taken during the spring migration at Ft. DeSoto park. Shot with Nikon D2Xs with 600mm lens.

[Fabs Forns]

Very lovely capture!

A little more sharpening in just the bird will improve it. Great head angle :)

[Grace Scalzo]

Love the pose and the look she's giving you.Agree on a bit more sharpening, and I'd dodge the catchlight a bit, add a bit more life.

[hugh robateau]

I like the pose and colors. Nits already covered.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pose and BG are very nice. Could you post some techs?

[Jody Melanson]

I selected all of the BG, ran NR on it. Inverted selection and sharpened using Focus Magic. Used selection for a Selective Color Adjustment Layer and slid the Black slider under Yellow to tone down the hot yellows. Then created a Saturation Adjustment Layer and pulled the Saturation back on the yellow slider only.

http://jmelanson.smugmug.com/photos/239288169-O.jpg