Would like Critiques on this picture
taken at Yarramundi reserve Aust
Canon EOS 7D
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Shutter Speed (1/1600)
Aperture f/8.0
ISO Speed 800
Exposure Bias +1/3 EV
Aperture-priority AE
Center-weighted average
sharpened cropped to around 50% used blurring tool on background and cloned out branches http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/...90477942_b.jpg
07-03-2011, 06:33 AM
Ofer Levy
This is very nice Derek! Awesome light and colours! IQ suffered from the crop and I would reduce the sharpening a bit. The eye looks a bit too "doctored" to me.
07-03-2011, 07:18 AM
Derek Willcox
thanks ofer i did the crop then cropped it again for bpn size limit yes i lighten the eye and sharpened it
many thanks for the help sometimes you can go over board trying to fix things up
07-03-2011, 08:46 AM
Randy Stout
Derek:
Lovely bird, brilliant colors. Depending on what is around the bird, I certainley think a slightly looser crop would work, and help with the IQ a bit as well. Perhaps the perch is too massive, and you cropped to reduce its impact. Even if that is the case , you could add back in a little canvas above and to the right.
The blue grey background works well with his colors.
Cheers
Randy
07-03-2011, 09:54 AM
Roman Kurywczak
Hey Derek,
Excellent advice above! I think a bit of rework in PP'ing will go a long way in taking this up a notch!
07-03-2011, 11:45 AM
Satish Ranadive
Marvelous image.Love the composition and colors.
07-03-2011, 02:59 PM
Morkel Erasmus
Lovely bird! Some good points raised above. It looks as though the blues in the neck and head are oversaturated...toning it down will probably reveal more detail...:e3