Willow Flycatcher

[Gizzo Sparkes]

Willow Flycatcher. A bit of sharpening, a little noise reduction on the background and cropped vertical.

D3
1/800 SS
ƒ/5.6
ISO Speed Ratings = 800

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc354/GizzoJam/2011%20Birds/WillowFlycatcher_8896_S1.jpg

[Troy Lim]

Head appears to be softer than the body...another found of selective sharpening on the head.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Agree with Troy on the head...Lovely BG maybe lighten it overall a touch!

[DarrenMcKenna]

Very nice composition Gizzo, agree with a tad more sharpening.






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[Arthur Morris]

Nice bird, sweet BKGR, but yes, sharpest focus is on the back.... What lens????

It is always a good plan to use extra d-o-f for the over the shoulder poses....

[Gizzo Sparkes]

Thanks for all of the great feedback. Sorry Arthur, I was using a Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR1 with the new 2x TCIII

Here is the redo.

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc354/GizzoJam/2011%20Birds/WillowFlycatcher_8896_3_S.jpg

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Gizzo. Amazing you got so close. For the repost I cropped from the bottom (why did you leave so much room below?) and sharpened and lightened the face (as per Digital Basics).

[Gizzo Sparkes]

Thanks Arthur. That looks much better. I was lucky to be within a tree clump and he landed on a branch in front of me. I have work to do on my cropping skills for sure. Sorry for my slow response as I was away from the computer for a few days.

[Arthur Morris]

You are welcome and no probelma. Do see the section on Advanced Composition in ABP II (https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=19). In general you want more room above the bird than below. And that goes for both horizontals and verticals.