A pair of coppersmith barbets on a tree branch. These birds come to my apartment building when the trees are fruiting. The pink background is the compound wall of the neighbouring building.
Canon 100-400L lens on a Canon 7D body, hand held. 1/400th second @ f/5.6, ISO 1600. Focal length 300mm.
RAW edited in Photoshop CS6. A bit of straightening and a small crop (15%) for composition. Contrast, black levels, +10 shadows adjustment. Noise reduction on the background, unsharp mask of 0.4 pixels & 60% strength on the birds.
What a very pleasing image!!! Love that both birds are sharp and they are both looking at the viewer. I take it the bird on the right is the male since he has the red chest patch. Your BG is quite unique. Altogether, I really like this and it's quite the unique bird as well.
Beautiful frame and I love the overall scene. The techs look good and the details look great too. Cool looking birds. I agree with Jim that the reds are blown out and need to be toned down, otherwise, killer.
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Coppersmith Barbets
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