Double-barred Finch

[Peter Scholer]

The Spit Nature Reserve, Queensland, Australia.

Nikon D7000 + Nikon 500mm f/4.0P ED-IF and Kenko Teleplus Pro 300 1.4X
Raw edit in ACR with background replaced.

ISO: 800
Aperture: 11
Shutter: 1/1000
Exp. Comp.: 0.0
Program: Manual

[Joe Senzatimore]

Fine job of replacing the BG. Nice comp. and detail. Might just tone down the perch a bit.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice bird, sharp as posted, and nice composition. I do wish for a better head angle though, and you could see if you could recover a bit of detail in the tail. Did you replace the whole background? Good processing job whatever changes you did...

[Peter Scholer]

Fine job of replacing the BG. Nice comp. and detail. Might just tone down the perch a bit.
Thanks Joe. Good idea, the more interest on the bird the better.

[Peter Scholer]

Nice bird, sharp as posted, and nice composition. I do wish for a better head angle though, and you could see if you could recover a bit of detail in the tail. Did you replace the whole background? Good processing job whatever changes you did...
Thanks for helpful CC Daniel.
Agree better HA would be better.
Yes the whole background was replaced in CS5.
The quick selection and Refine edge with masking seems to be my favorite way at the moment for this type of situation.
Image with background as it was below.