Spoonbill Takeoff

[Sid Garige]

Few weeks back from ENP
Canon 7D 500mm F4
1/1600 F5.6
PP: 15 point Gaussian burr on the background and cloned out distracting OOF elements in post processing

[stuart wanuck]

Well done Sid

[Clemens Vanderwerf]

Great background, wing position and comp. Simple and powerful image.

[Alan Murphy]

Sid, killer wing position and plumage. On the fence about the BG result.

[Doug Brown]

<embed id="application/x-exifeverywhere" type="application/x-exifeverywhere" width="0" height="0">Love the bird, but the BG has a bit too much blur applied. It looks artificial, kind of like a cut and paste job.

[Sid Garige]

Alan and Doug,

I guess I went too far with blurr :)

Thanks for the critique.

-Sid

[arash_hazeghi]

Hey Sid, bird looks awesome but the BG kind of looks artificial, I could tell something was going on before reading your description.

Can you pose the original for a comparison?

[Dan Brown]

The bird looks great, Sid. I agree that the bg looks artificial and really worked over. I can see jpeg banding also. Back to the drawing board, if it were me.

[Greg Basco]

Hi, Sid. This really pops! I do agree with the others on the BG processing; I see that you do as well :-)

Cheers,
Greg

[Sid Garige]

Arash, Dan and Greg,

Back to drawing board tonight.
I will post original and rework.

thanks for your suggestions.

-Sid

[Jack Breakfast]

Sid, I agree that the blur is a little over-the-top, but I'd certainly hold onto this version as well...there's a pleasant otherworldliness to the image as-is. The spoonbill looks terrific.

[Bill Dix]

Good comments above re. the BG, but still a compelling image. Great wing position; dramatic colors.

[gail bisson]

I really like this. The wing spread is awesome. I am OK with the BG. What is JPEG banding?
Gail

[Sid Garige]

Retry - No guassian this time.

[Marina Scarr]

I like the repost quite a bit better, Sid. The OP never looked quite right. Great extended wing position on this spoonie and the water droplets are a plus.

[Bill Dix]

The additional sharpening on the bird also helps. Nicely done.

[arash_hazeghi]

repost much better. Gaussian blur doesn't work most of the time IMO because the blur from lens bokeh is not Gaussian.

well done!

[Grace Scalzo]

Love your repost. THe wing position is killer as are the flying droplets from his (her?) take off.

[Don Lacy]

Love the repost Sid great tones and colors

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Sid, agree with others. nothing wrong with the orig BG. Its blurred enough, I'd say. Loved the dynamic wing position, angle and the colors. those droplets as well.

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot. I just love the flight pose, great light, wonderful background, and repost is much better IMO.
Well done.

[Frank Schauf]

Very nice flight pose and colours.