BE. beak cleaned up for Artie

[Phil Seu]

still finding images from alaska trip that i like. wish the feets were sharper.

phil seu

d3, 300/2.8+1.7X, 1/500 @ f/4.8, ISO 500.

[Doug Brown]

It's easy to apply selective sharpening to the feet. I also increased contrast in the feet and darkened the pupil in the eye.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice light, BG and I also like the position of the feet. I might make it a vertical and you could try to selectively sharpen the feet. Maybe something like this.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Phil,
Nice light and exposure.....was going to mention vert......Axel beat me to it.
Nicely done!

[Robert O'Toole]

Great image, out of the 3, the vertical is by far the best for me. The pose, HA, light are all fantastic. Like the feet and the perch a lot.

BG is great also, well done Phil.

Robert

[Arthur Morris]

Good work by all above, including the orig poster Nice clean beak! It looks as if the nictitating membrane is partially closed... An easy repair in several ways... The whites on the head in Doug's re-post are too bright for me but he did a great job on the feet.

Where was this image made?

[DanWalters]

I really like the vert. comp. Overall a beautiful image with nice soft light and the different hues in the background.

[Phil Seu]

thanks for the reposts, they really improve the image. i became a paying member a few days ago and feel i have got my money's worth already. image was taken in Homer.

phil seu

[Doug Brown]

The whites on the head in Doug's re-post are too bright for me but he did a great job on the feet.

I wonder why that would be? The only thing I altered was the feet.

[Freddy Franzella]

Overall great looking image! love the pose! but what I think is really cool is the graduated sky!

[Blake Shadle]

Axel stole my thunder! Phil, I love this image, you did an excellent job creating it. I think Axel's crop works best because it fills your frame with the impact of your subject and that wonderful BG :)