My first post here on BPN, however I recognize many (if not most all) of the folks here from other forums. I have posted this image previously and received mixed reviews....
I created this image at Green Cay Wetlands... I was trying to get an image with a smooth background, however that's much easier said than done when these little warblers are bouncing around all over the place in the vegetation along the boardwalk.
The original .NEF has a somewhat lighter background that has some distracting bright spots. In PP I used an adjustment layer to darken the background, however now my concern is that there's too much flash on the bird? Thanks in advance for any suggestions...
Nikon D50
300mm f4 AF-S + 1.7x TC
SB-800 for fill-flash
manual exposure, 1/320, f8, ISO 400, full frame
01-02-2008, 01:50 PM
Axel Hildebrandt
Welcome, Jersh. I like the pose, composition and eye contact. I would prefer a brighter BG and the image seems to be a bit oversharpened.
01-02-2008, 02:20 PM
Judy Lynn Malloch
Welcome Jersh to BPN.. Lovely pose and excellent lighting and detail but as Axel mentioned a little more light in the BG would IMO improve this image. Also If it were my image I would remove the little speck on it's beak.
01-02-2008, 06:48 PM
Jody Melanson
Welcome to BPN, Josh! I really like dark BG's so this works quite well for me. Maybe just a hair oversharpened?