Tree Swallow on milkweed

[Greg Schneider]

The most co-operative one I've had yet. It sat there for several minutes and allowed a close approach.

1D3 300 2.8IS + 1.4x 1/1000 f6.3 ISO400

[Fabs Forns]

Lovely pose, soft light saved th ticket because of the light direction. Nice and sharp although the seed pod is a bit overwhelming. Sweet background and compo. You could try and pull the plumage a little lighter.

[Alfred Forns]

Would try lightening the dark back if possible Might introduce noise? Very pleasing image Just wish you could have lined up your sun angle Photographing birds with dark feathers/light dependent seem a necessity !!!

[john crookes]

I went ahead and grabbed the back and a portion of the head put in a seperate layer with a contracted edge to the mask then changed the blend mode to screen and adjusted the opacity to taste

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like the repost better - the deatils in the wings are much more visible. Now if you could tone down the highlights of the perch! ;-)

[Harold Davis]

i like the repost better too!! nice job there. the perch seems almost too big for the small bird, to me.

[Greg Schneider]

Thanks for the edit, I like it too. I have another shot where it's exposed a bit better. It's always a challenge with tree swallows in the afternoon sun!

[john crookes]

Another with the highlights on the pod reduced too

[Doug Brown]

Good raw material with original photo. And nice work with the repost John.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good suggestions and nice pose. The highlights look still overexposed. I hope you can fix that in RAW.

[Alfred Forns]

Good work with the re post John !!!!

[Chris Dodds]

Some great suggestions & I like the last re-post best, too.