Northern Cardinal

[Sid Overbey]

I took this about a month ago and decided to play with it some more. Cloned out some branches, lightened dark area on head, and sharpened. What do you guys think?
Nikon D70
300MM+1.7TC
ISO 320
1/125s
F/6.7
EV +.03
Aperature mode

Thanks for all comments.

[Alfred Forns]

HI Sid !!! Your PS work looks good cloning wise. I would go brighter on the bird. I'm sure the original was a little under exposed even though you had plus compensation.

Light was coming from the left almost back lit. In this case more flash fill would have been the key. A slight more head turn would have made the tip of the beak sharper and we always strive for a better perch. It is a pleasing image and you did well at that low shutter speed !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Sid,
Nice capture, nits have been covered already. For my taste, I don't like the perch ( thick branch ) coming out of the bird's head...:eek:

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Hey Sid, nice capture and a beautiful bird. Branch seems a bit big in comparison to the bird.
Regards,

[Doug Brown]

Hi Sid! Nice job with the cloning in PS. I took the liberty of doing some PS work of my own. It involved sharpening the bird and brightening it up as well. What do you think?

[Dave Phillips]

Doug, did you notice it is dull(I guess no one else sees this) in color from being presented in Adobe RGB colorspace?

Why am I only one sees this day after day....am I nuts?
My browser need sRGB to view best as far as I know.

and we critique daily without seeing the image at its best.....guess I'm a nut....I give up, going to bed

sorry for the rant in your thread Sid.....apologies

[Sid Overbey]

Doug, I like the change. It brings out more of the bird. I was afraid to sharpen it anymore. How much additional sharpening did you do?

BTW, This is the original photo and I wasn't sure there was anything worthwhile about it. It is amazing what can be done to save an image. Thanks.

[Lance Peters]

Sid - nice bird - great work on the background.

Congrats

lance

[Doug Brown]

I sharpened just the bird using smart sharpen with a value of roughly 70.