Congratulations on this image Joseph. It's very high quality. The subject is sharp and the BG is killer. Love the lighting too. There are a host of ways to crop this one but I like your choice which gives the subject lots of room to breathe. I have admit to viewing the image on my iPad so his comment may be way off, but it looks like you could push the contrast a bit further to give the image a bit more punch. Alternatively just bring down the blacks a little may work.
Last edited by John Chardine; 07-15-2013 at 05:03 AM.
I think we're going to need somebody to break the tie with me and John, cause I think there's to much flash :)
I'm thinking somewhere between -.5 and -1 on the exposure compensation.
I would tend to crop vertical with the driftwood in the lower left hand corner and space on the right.
I'm afraid I would have to side with Doug on this one. The bird's breast and perch both look overpowered with flash. I'm also thinking a vertical crop/comp would look good.
Beautiful shot with very nice background!
Am now looking at image on my studio display and agree that there's a bit too much flash. Tried a fix in Photoshop and about 5 sec of work with Levels did the trick.
HI joseph....I have to agree that the bird looks overexposed ( flashed ) to me> If I were you I would try to shoot with your flash off> I think the repost looks better but still think you should be getting much more detail in the feathers etc esp with that wonderful D-800 you have.
Ammodramus day!
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