Dark-eyed Junco

[Amy Kay]

Taken today around the yard.

D800, 300 w/1.7, f/8, 1/1600, ISO 800

[Karl Egressy]

This individual has a very nice colour. The good thin is that the background comliment the colour of the bird. Nice head turn and eye contact, Amy.

[Don Lacy]

HI Amy, A very nice image here from the pose and head angle to the complimentary colors. My only suggestion would be to tone down the perch

[jack williamson]

I agree with darkening the perch a bit, otherwise a very nice image, the junco is sharp and well exposed and the bg is wonderful.

[Randy Stout]

Amy:

Nice fellow, well posed, sharp, pleasant background.

Please consider posting at the full width of 1024, it really helps display the image better.

I felt that the overall image was a bit too bright, so ran a luminosity layer with a multiply blend mode at 49%. I like the luminosity better with the brightness toned down a bit. Just an option for you.

Cheers

Randy

[Mike Veltri]

Very nice Amy the background complements the bird well.

[Marina Scarr]

Simple, yet lovely, image. I think Randy's RP looks even better. Love that clean BG and the light is sweet.

[James Shadle]

Beautiful subject, well exposed and tack sharp.
The background is very complementary to your subject.

IMO Randy's repost worked well.

[Satish Ranadive]

Simple and very very sweet image of cute bird.Love the pose,complimentary color of BG and composition.
Re post by Randy sir looks superb.

Regards,
Satish.

[PhilCook]

Sweet shot Amy, what a cutie...all sitting nicely against the smooth backdrop, lots of pleasing fine detail captured, re post is a little better, but the original is still very nice

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Amy, sweet pose and HA, and you have brought out the finer detail in the plumage nicely. I really like the colour of the BG, and feel Randy's repost takes it up a few notches with regards to tonality. Another vote for posting 1024 wide.

[Amy Kay]

Thanks for the replies! Randy, I've never tried that technique before, really works well with this image ... great tip, thanks!

[Michael Rominger Jr]

Nice image Amy! As others have mentioned, lovely BG and color combo. Sharpness and details are great. I do like what Randy has done with his rework. Which 300mm lens were you using? Looking forward to more!

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and sharpness.