Yellow Billed Hornbill

[Ken Watkins]

Taken in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, 18th June 2009

EOS 1D MkIII

500mm F4 IS hand held

F6.3, ISO 200, 1/800

[Randy Stout]

Ken:

Very nice profile, showing that bill so well, good exposure, like the classic 'eye lash shadows'.

Like the head tilt slightly upward.

From a comp standpoint, I could see a tiny sliver off the top.

Cheers

Randy

[Chuck Fritsch]

Nice uncluttered BG. Maybe you could darken the upper right corner a bit.

[Randy Stout]

Ken:

When I looked at the image originally, I did think about that RUC. Chuck's comment reinforced that feeling. The repost shows a simple option of using the color replacement brush to smooth out the upper BG. I could have carried it on below as well, but just wanted to show you a way to treat that RUC if you would like to change the look a bit. Took longer to write it than it did to do it!

Cheers

Randy

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Love the eyelash shadows and the pose. That's a rough looking bill.

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks everybody for your comments and suggestions, I quite like the multi coloured BG.

Randy,
I will admit to never trying that tool in PS I will have to try to find out how it works:S3: