Native NZ Tui

[Grahame Hamblin]

nikon 70-200 zoom (170) f5.5 iso 800

did a medium crop and some cloning Thanks
Grahame

[David Kenny]

Grahame,
That is a cool looking bird but my eye gets drawn to the bark on the branch in the lower left corner. I am guessing that is one of the areas you had cloned. That was the first thing my eye went to because it has an unnatural look to it. I do like the composition and the subject.

-Dave

[David Kenny]

I also just noticed an extra bird claw next to the left claw that should have been cloned out as well.
- Dave

[Luis Patacao]

HI Grahame, i agree with dave that you should review the PP of this image, specially the cloning that you`ve done. i do like the bird pose and the detail but i dislike the bright BG in the upper left corner, its too bright opposing the rest of the bg.

[Grahame Hamblin]

thank you all I will go back to the drawing board i think i looked to hard at the birds attitude
Grahame

[Diane Miller]

It does have a great attitude -- well worth fixing the bark! You don't say anything about your processing -- a RAW file? Processed with what? The darker areas look a little flat and the bright yellow at the top might be brought down a little, to help keep the eye in the frame.

[Joaquin Barbará]

For my own education would you mind posting the original frame so that I can learn about how you decided to crop and what you decided to clone out?
Thanks. That is a cool bird.

[Diane Miller]

Looking at this again, I see a yellow cast on the image. I don't know the bird but it looks like a slight overall cast and not just warm light. And the bird itself is a bit flat in tonality -- I think more detail could be brought out in the darker areas. Here's a quick comparison -- the color cast addressed with Curves (better done in RAW), Nik Detail extractor on the bird, and a little darkening in the yellow on top, which competes with the bird a little.

Just a different take for comparison. I don't think I went far enough in removing the yellow (might have used Hut-Sat in addition) and didn't do any sharpening.

And I see you posted it in AdobeRGB. You did embed the profile, but some browsers may not interpret the colors correctly. I've converted to sRGB here -- always the best idea for a general audience.

[Grahame Hamblin]

Thank you for your help (best site for real help) orig image a bit of a mess but raw does help

[Diane Miller]

Probably a little more ETTR here than you needed, and always a good idea to try to keep bright areas out of the BG. Getting closer and getting the subject larger in the frame is also a key to quality. Easier said than done, though.

Keep working on it -- we look forward to future posts.