Hi Paul,
I like your image, it has a nice baby blue sky which makes your subject stand out; however, the bird is too centered in the frame, and he looks a little soft. I took the liberty in making a few corrections such as cropping a little from the left of the frame to off set your bird, I kicked up the contrast just a little, did a little hue saturation on the bird and a wee bit of sharpening...:D oh yes; I cloned out that half circle of thorns poping up from the bottom of the frame because it was taking attention away from your subject...:eek: See if you like it...:cool:
Halos?
On the small white branches, the birds white tail feathers, and the bird's bill and back and most of all the birds fine feathers. I do this type of thing for a living so I am very sensitive to it. :)
It would be interesting to see what everyone else thinks. Sometimes I see things that really stand out and no one says a thing other than me, but as I mentioned I am used to looking for these types of things.
I think maybe a contrast level between the two posts would be best. And yes, there are halos on the repost. Particularly noticeable when shadow/black meets the sky, e.g. under the beak, below the twigs and under the back wing tip. I like your crop Gus, but I think more room on the right or less on the top would be even better.
Thank you Robert and Leroy for your instruction...:) I learned now to fine tune on these little abnormalities...Now I know what to look for...:D Leroy; I was tempted to crop from the top, but I left it alone...:eek:
Could be my screen but the repost looks over-sharp. I do like the crop in the repost, but I still have a thing for my original. I tend to shy away from some of the standard stuff as far as crops/etc. I guess it's just me personally but I don't mind a little something going on in an image with a bird in it (except distracting stuff behind a bird like bright highlights, etc)...
Loggerhead Shrike
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