Singing, Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher

[CM Prince]

Trying to improve: All c & c welocme!Nikon D90VR 70-300ISO 8001/640 sec.F8 300 mmhhThanks for lookingC M

[Marina Scarr]

An absolutely stunning bird, nice calling pose and good light. It must have been difficult to get the entire tail in the frame. :) Unfortunately, your bird appears soft in this frame. Was this a big crop?

[gail bisson]

I love these birds.
Unfortunately the image is way too soft.
Gail

[PhilCook]

A difficult bird to compose right for an image with such a long...long tail, but it fits perfectly diagonally from the corner so well done on this aspect, but yes sadly not as sharp as it could be ...next time will be better

[CM Prince]

Did I help the picture, just add soft-light layer.



Thanks for the comments and looking.

C M

[PhilCook]

I think the rework makes the color a bit unnatural, at least on my monitor, but it did serve to make the image appear slightly sharper...maybe

[Marina Scarr]

Hi CM: There isn't a problem with the color of the original, so your repost doesn't work for me. The OP looks soft on my monitor. Either it was a very large crop of you were not properly focused on the bird's head.