Shot these Tree Swallows in Nd. Processed with Dpp 4,Photoshop,Topaz noise. Comments and critiques appreciated.
Canon 1DX 111
500 f/4 L IS 11
700 mm
Av 6.3
1/1000
ISO 10,000
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Shot these Tree Swallows in Nd. Processed with Dpp 4,Photoshop,Topaz noise. Comments and critiques appreciated.
Canon 1DX 111
500 f/4 L IS 11
700 mm
Av 6.3
1/1000
ISO 10,000
Such a sweet get, Kevin... Even the barbed wire perch works for me. Love this interaction and canvas overall. Congrats and TFS.
I can't but they sure can. Nice poses on all the birds. I do like the open mouths begging for some grub.
Hi Kevin, love the image, Really a accomplishment to get three good head angles and open beaks. Perfect background, nice sharp image. Thank you for sharing.
This one is really terrific. Bad luck that the bill tip of the middle bird is just behind the head of the bird on our right. In a perfect world, the one on the right would have had it bill open wider. But still a wonderfully unique capture. Is the one on your right the runt?
with love, artie
Ah man. This is sweet. Love everything about it! Great frame. Lucky you!
Kevin, such a sweet frame, and at ISO 10,000 to boot. You handled the noise nicely in post man.
Great sharpness and the diagonal/layering effect of the three is super. Nice bkg. I am usually not a fan of barbed wire perches but I like this fine.
The image has a bit of a dark feel to it. I think it could benefit from opening it up, maybe adding some warmth. Try +4 temp in LR as a general guide and see if you agree.
Otherwise, it might help to slightly adjust your masking on the heads of the upper two subjects as the edges of the head and back are quite soft/blurry comparatively. Also, perhaps you might do the opposite on the talons as they are starkly more sharp than the wire below.
Overall a real beauty, well done!
Very sweet image, this grabbed me instantly, nice work Kevin. Looks good at ISO 10.000 and nicely processed too :cheers:
I like this a lot Kevin, framing & position, but as Artie mentioned, the middle beak being slightly hidden is a bummer. Was the image slightly under exposed Kevin based on the heads, they just look slightly lifted? Just check any masking Kevin, as there appears to be some green BKG colour creeping over the LH head.
TFS
Steve
