Aracari

[Richard Unsworth]

Another Aracari from Puerto Viejo

ridiculously close, liked the cute pose

Usual NR , curves and added a bit of sat, dropped yellowS in BG, and burned couple of bright areas in BG.

bit undecided on crop; this about 60 % of landscape image

7D 1/100S , 100-400, ISO 800, f7.1 TRIPOD

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Hi Richard, nice capture! The blacks seem to be clipped quite a bit and the bg could use a little more NR (or less sharpening?)

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose and eye contact, amazing closeness. The bright spots in the background are somewhat distracting. You might want to tone them down.

[laurie golden]

Richard,

Beautiful bird and nice pose. I like the crop given the background is a bit busy - if you could tone it down a lot I think the bird would pop more.

[Satish Ranadive]

Hello Richard,
Excellent portrait,beautiful colors,perfect sharpness for close-up pose and nice details.Agree with others about one more round of NR on BG.
I like the crop.

Regards,
Satish.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi all

thanks, good points!


repost lifted shadows to try to fix blacks
NR to BG
dropped BG contrast and more soft burn to bright spots

bye bye fro now

[Robert Holguin]

Real nice shot. I really like the head angle. excellent details, and I like the repost best.
Well done.

[Richard Unsworth]

Thanks Robert yes agrre repost is better :-)