Saffron-crowned Tanager

[Peter Dexter]

Canon 7D w/ 400 5.6
Aperture-Priority AE
1/2500
F7.1
ISO 1000
NR Neat Image
PP sharpening


Another common tanager in the Colombian Andes. Taken near a Banana feeding board.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/Pitter/Birds/IMG_9839cr_filtereds.jpg

[gail bisson]

Lovely little bird. I find the body is oversharpened yet the eye and beak are a bit soft. What is on the beak? there appears to some artifacting around the beak. I think that the PP here is the main issue and with a bit of rework could be lovely,
Gail

[Peter Dexter]

Thank you Gail good sugestions. A lot of these small birds I've photographed seem to have one thing or another on their beak, even hummingbirds. Probobly should take the time to clean them up in PP.

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Peter, lovely colours and pose, agree with Gail re the sharpening on the body. Some selective sharpening of the eye and head area will help the image a lot.