Roller

[MohsenVahedipour]

Once again Rollers have come back to their nests in Tello to spend another breeding season in a safe & quiet place near my busy city, Tehran.

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: EF400mm f/2.8L IS USM +2.0x
Image Date: 2013-04-19
Focal Length: 800mm
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 0.0016 s (1/640)
ISO equiv: 400
Exposure Bias: +0.67 EV
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely look back pose. Lovely perch and BG. Would tone down the brightness of the bird and the perch.

[Don Lacy]

You have a beautiful subject here captured nicely with the pose and OOF BG but as Marina pointed out the image is to bright and washed out as posted. I spent a few minutes on it in PS and with a fee curve adjustment and mask I reduced the mid tones, adjusted the black point, lighten the face and eye. Let me know how this looks on your monitor I am starting to believe a lot of the issues I am seeing with processing is being caused by poor or uncalibrated monitors.

[PhilCook]

Lovely subject, liking the over the shoulder look and a bit of greenery in the perch makes for a nice composition. The eye is very nice as is the even dof, lovely smooth backdrop as well, well done. A little bright and washed out looking, but the repost has brought it out better

[jack williamson]

This is a fine looking bird with a lot of detail. The repost by Don looks better but I think that the perch could still be toned down.

[mohammad reza shahab]

very nice BG,Light and detail.Lovely pose.