Goldcrest

[John Robinson]

Nikon D7000 Sigma 100-300mm
ISO 800
125th @f8 Ev in camera down 1 Contrast down 1
White balance 2 (warm )
80% of frame.
Paint Shop Pro levels.
Neat image. Image guru shadow lift.
Sharpen down 1 in camera.
Sharpen post camera CZM
Perhaps could do with a little dakening ?
Cheers
JR

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

JR,

Greetings. What a beauty! I particularly like the detail and the environment. Could stand to tone down the leaf in the ULC and remove the little green leaf in the LRC. Thanks for posting.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Marina Scarr]

Congrats on your first post, Johnny, and what a stunner! You have nice details in your feathers and the leaves match your subject so well!

[Karl Egressy]

Great image of this nice little bird. The gold crest shows very nicely and the fallen leaves compliment the gold crest.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

What a beautiful bird. Nice exposure and sharpness. I'm enjoying the yellow golden leaves around that match the crest.
Nice done, John. Welcome aboard and looking forward to more.

[Ashley Cohen]

Wonderful image, great shot

[Daniel Cadieux]

It's a beauty! Love the fall setting, and it matches the bird's field marks perfectly. Exposure is perfect, but I agree the leaves in upper left corner could be toned down. I also feel the image could use a bit of CCW rotation.

[Tim King]

That's a great looking photo. Love the clarity of the water and the different colors of leaves. Fine job.

[Satish Ranadive]

Superb image of beautiful bird in environment. I like the beautiful colors,especially gold crest, details,lights and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Doug Brown]

Welcome Johnny! I like the included habitat, but I agree with the others about toning down the leaves in the ULC. I might brighten the bird ever so slightly.

[John Wago]

Goldcrest are very nice birds to spot.

Apart from the great autumn-bath settings you 'catch' your birds in I do like the partial lifted crest In this one.


regards