pidgeon

[Grahame Hamblin]

Playing around with birds D800 f6.3 iso 1600 speed 125 a deep learning curve from d300 speed slow but did not want to up iso any more comments welcome on were to go next did a little rough work on left
Grahame

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Grahame, always a challenge learning new gear but in the end we are happy! This is a beautiful bird, nicely captured with excellent exposure, detail, head angle, and color rendition. Well done! The bg is a bit dodgy, and your cloning is obvious on the left, but you did a great overall job on the image. Your processing skills will improve in time. When cloning, use a soft brush at opacity around 80% - choose your clone source from the left, then from the right, and keep changing it up so it does not look like "step and repeat" patterns. Keep them coming!

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely bird and you did a good job with your composition. Good exposure with nice details in your bird. Cloning issues mentioned.

[Jeannean Ryman]

Very pretty bird! Agree with Kerry and Marina about the cloning. It takes a little practice, but the results are worth it.

[Arthur Morris]

Nice bird. Sharp with a perfect EXP. What looks like a sawed off end to the log is less than ideal. Just a bit less head turn towards us would have been better.

[Grahame Hamblin]

Thank you al for comments I will start to press the button more often and develop my photoshop skills.
grahame

[PhilCook]

Nice light in this and like his head turn towards the camera....agree with previous comments regarding perch and cloning.

{ Its' actually an introduced Spotted Dove