Kinda Fuzzy...Kinda Cute

[PhilCook]

Itty bitty Brown Thornbill { golf ball birds as I like to call them }.......photographed one morning on my last trip interstate in a very arid region of Australia.

Self crit = dof too shallow, bad head turn, bad profile pose, dull lighting..............but still cute and worth keeping I think

[Diane Miller]

You're being too hard on yourself! Super-cute little thing! Its shape begs for a square-ish crop, which gets rid of some of the OOF perch and empty space at the top. The soft lighting works well for me.

[Randy Stout]

Phil:

Good comments from Diane. He certainly does have some character, and the eye is really nice.

Be sure to include your camera/lens/processing details so we can see what you were working with.

cheers

Randy

[PhilCook]

Phil:

Good comments from Diane. He certainly does have some character, and the eye is really nice.

Be sure to include your camera/lens/processing details so we can see what you were working with.

cheers

Randy

oops, sorry about that....I usually always include the camera info etc, not sure what I was thinking, I'll blame it on the high temps and humidity here at the moment and my brain is fried lol

Canon 7D + 50 f4 + 1.4 x TC.....700mm, f5.6, 1/1000, ISO 400....BASIC EDIT......slight selective sharpen, slight brightness increase, slight noise reduction to backdrop, small crop....tripod mounted shot

[PhilCook]

You're being too hard on yourself! Super-cute little thing! Its shape begs for a square-ish crop, which gets rid of some of the OOF perch and empty space at the top. The soft lighting works well for me.

Thanks Diane, I'm my own wosrt critic and rightfully so.....point taken regarding crop to remove the bottom oof perch

[dankearl]

The light looks fined to me and it is a little fuzz ball!
I like the eye and the perch.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

I like this Phill, soft light, ruffled feathers and in-your-face look of the bird is surely kinda cute!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Phil, I feel the HA is fine as posed, and love the wind swept plumage. Comp wise, I would take off both top and bottom, and create a landscape comp. Sweet BG.

[Bill Dix]

Great looking little bird. Critical parts are in focus, but yes, some DOF might have helped. Without it, I'd agree with Diane's crop suggestion.

[PhilCook]

Hi Phil, I feel the HA is fine as posed, and love the wind swept plumage. Comp wise, I would take off both top and bottom, and create a landscape comp. Sweet BG.

Thanks Stuart, I originally cropped to a landscape aspect. but then chose the one posted......but both work for me and this is what I originally cropped to below

And must add as well that I labelled this image incorrectly, it is actually a Chestnut-rumped Thornbill as opposed to Brown Thornbill

[Dennis Zaebst]

Beautiful image Phil, of a very cute little bird. Love the blue eye. I think the HA is fine, and the OOF BG is terrific. Well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

Phil:
Very nice composition in repost. I like the head pose,look of the tiny and cute bird,out coming feathers and BG.

Regards,
Satish.