Pipit

[Ian Cassell]

Canon 7D
Canon 500/4+ 1.4x
1/2500 sec f/6.3 ISO 500

Crop for comp, levels, sharpening in CS6
NR on BG in Noiseware Pro

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Nice composition. Was this image underexposed quite a bit, and then lightened in post? regards~Bill

[keith mitchell]

Ian think I can see what Bill is getting at think I can see a bit of noise on the bird but could be these eyes of mine.

[Ian Cassell]

To answer the question, no it looked pretty good on the histogram, but I do see some noise.

[Shawn Zierman]

Strengths of the image include a sweet habitat to capture the "water pipit" in, excellent subject pose, good light quality, strong shooting angle (and just the perfect shooting angle to avoid the head merging with the background mud...nice work there). Please post the full frame image. This "feels" like a mega crop to me and that may be a possible explanation for the IQ issue being raised in the previous feedback.

[Ian Cassell]

Thanks Shawn. This is almost FF (a little crop for comp)

[Diane Miller]

Lovely pose, I like the composition and it looks very sharp. I'm wondering if there is leeway in the raw file to darken the water a bit and/or lighten the bird, while retaining its very nice contrast? Not something I'd say is a criticism, but just wondering how it would compare.