Red legged Honeycreeper

[Richard Unsworth]

:t3

Stunning to see in the wild and pretty common in certain areas.

NR in Topaz, Levels and USM

Bit of work on LHS of branch, BG as shot

ss/400, f8, ISO 800, Ev +.67
40D 100-400 AND 1.4 tc

[Norm Dulak]

Hi Richard.

This is a very nice, well composed, colorful and sharp image of a beautiful bird. And the background is excellent.

If it were mine, I'd consider brightening the bird very cautiously. And I do wish that the foreground perch was a bit sharper.

But well done!

[Arthur Morris]

You did a great job getting the blue and the CYAN cap right. Yes, the protruding o-o-f part of the perch is a killer.... It is one of those rules that can rarely if ever be broken. Nice BKGR and head angle. BKGR sweet. You could opt to lose the vertical nub.....

[noelle zaleski]

What a gorgeous bird! :S3:

[Doug Brown]

Agree with Artie's nice critique. Did you run NR on the plumage? The feathers look a little too smooth IMO.

[Richard Unsworth]

:S3:

Hi Doug

Going to rework this to eliminate that nasty wood
so I will look at the feather detail again then; probably used very light setting in Topaz DN5