The weavers are very busy with nest building & at the same time trying to attract the attention of females. This one was caught in the act. Taken at Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg National Park.
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The weavers are very busy with nest building & at the same time trying to attract the attention of females. This one was caught in the act. Taken at Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg National Park.
30D
100-400L IS
1/2000
f/5.6
ISO 400
Oh wow Gerrie, this is very beautiful. Excellent wing spread, background and sharpness. For me, all round, very pleasing.
Outstanding eye contact, detail, and comp Gerrie. Love it.
Gerrie:
Very nice image, good techs, good wing position.
Because the bird is looking towards us, I think you could crop in a bit from the right, as the negative space there doesn't add too much, IMHO. I might try about 1/3 of the free space cropped off.
I also think a vertical would work here as well. If you have a bit more perch, might be worth a try.
Randy
Perfect as is, in terms of compo. Will toning down the yellow get more details here ??
Hi Gerrie, I like your image very much. The pose is lovely. Great head angle and wing position. Details are nice. I also like the simple background with complimentary colors. On my monitor it appears that the yellows are a little bright. I took your image into photoshop and the color histograms showed that the red and blue channels hare a little clipped. I tried several different processes to adjust the yellows of the bird. The one that looked best to me was using a average blur layer with the mode set to color (adjusted the opacity till clipping was reduce; 15%). I masked this layer so that the effect only shows on the bird as I like the background of your post. This is a subtle edit and hopefully I didn't reduce the color too much. Whether this adjustment helps or not is up to you. Again, your post is very nice and I would be proud to have it my collection. Thanks for sharing.
Gerrie ,
yet another terrific image from you , killer eye contact and wing sperad and complementing BG
TFS
I love the wing position and eye contact! A real beauty Gerrie.
Striking image Gerrie, one of the best I have ever seen of the species:eek: Phil, thanks for the great tutorial
Super light pose and BG. Only wish for a tad more space at the bottom.
Phil you did a great job on the repost and you do manage to bring out a bit more detail from the yellow.
Gerrie, beautiful image with smooth and lovely BKGR which makes this picture Great. Congrats!!
Great stuff this gerrie, loved it..
Thank you for viewing & commenting everyone. It is much appreciated.:)
Thanks for the info Phil. Like the repost.:)
Fabulous pose and display Gerrie. Thanks Phil for the tutorial. Fine work the pair of you...
