Karl, one or two points I'd like to make, but first can you tell me the size of crop applied? This image could be magical. The background is made of a child's 'story book' colours and you should milk all the artistic merit you can get from it because the softness and colours are to die for.
Thanks, Diane, Adrian and Keith. The crop was fairly substantial as the distance was about 15 m and there was no way to get any closer. (Boardwalk.)
Cropped from 5760x3840 to 1894x1353.
Thanks for the info Karl. I would be inclined for a much loser crop putting the bird in the top left hand corner where it may occupy much less of the frame i.e. if the back ground is consistent on the original image. If not, then you may consider carefully cloning and adding more canvass with the background shown in your image. In my humble opinion sharpening should be nil or minimal. This I one of those images where sharpness should not be a desirable factor if you are trying to achieve a fairy tale dream type image. The eye will need to remain sharp though.
Nice frame with a beautiful colorful BG. I like the bird but it looks like the pose he gave you along with the f stop left most of the bird out of the DOF. I like frames like this sometimes as they accentuate the sharp head and only the head. I might selectively sharpen only the head one more time.
Well done Karl.
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I'd take a sliver off top and left I think and maybe lighten the iris a little if it is lighter in life. The pupil seems to just disappear into it. Though it is still visible.
Nice work Karl.
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