The contrast of the bird to the rock is great. Though I might be tempted to say crop down from the top, I like the details in the rocks and say leave it. Skillful work here.
lovely bird and composition
only suggestion - if the focus point were more forward, perhaps tail feathers could have been in focus and gotten more of a blur in BG
great effort
Cool bird. You created a pretty good image in a difficult situation. I would make it a bit lighter (with a Shadow/Highlight adjustment) and get rid of the whitewash on the rocks, esp. the bright white one in front of the bird. Good job on a difficult composition.
Last edited by Arthur Morris; 01-06-2008 at 01:04 PM.
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What a beautiful bird, I would have probably cropped a little bit at the top, but started looking at the effect and would probably leave it as it is. Just a little distracted by the grass at the left, however a great picture under the circumstances.
Beautiful bird, I don't think I have seen this species before. Thanks for sharing. You did well in difficult circumstances. I agree with Artie regarding S/H.
Thanks A lot to everybody for taking time out to see my post. As suggested by all of you, I tried the S/H with the image and toning down the white rock in front made a huge difference. The image looks a lot better now.
Thanks and Regards
Gaurav
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