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Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis Sinuatis
Image taken during photo trip to Texas in April 2015. First time I've shot birds since 2012! It was flooding most of the time we were there. Bird activity was sparse.
Nikon D800, 500/f @ 600mm (35MM equiv) on tripod with gimbal
F4.8 @ 1/350, -0.5 compensation, ISO 1600
20% crop for composition bascially to de-center bird
In CS6, contrast and sharpening....very minor clean up
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Nice soft light showing good feather detail. Attractive over-the-shoulder pose with eye contact. Tastefully cropped and composed. All looks good to me. Regards, Ian.
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Loverly capture,nice BG and perch,nice pose with good detail.TFS.
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Very nicely composed with wonderful pose, feather detail and sharpness. Lovely HA.
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Great frame! Like the light, bird pose and composition. TFS.
Cheers,
Miro
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The perch, BG and look back pose are all topnotch.
Excellent IQ.
I think the bird is oversharpened.No one has mentioned this so perhaps it is just me...?
You got good sharpness right through the bird considering your aperture! Well done.
I am OK with the little spiderweb filament but could also see a version with it cloned out.
You mention that it was overcast this day but I wonder if you could increased the exposure in PP by about 1/3. It feels a bit dark to me.
Another thought would be to warm the image it very slightly.
This is a really nice image as is Karen. Just my 2 C worth!
Gail
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Originally Posted by
gail bisson
The perch, BG and look back pose are all topnotch.
Excellent IQ.
I think the bird is oversharpened.No one has mentioned this so perhaps it is just me...?
You got good sharpness right through the bird considering your aperture! Well done.
I am OK with the little spiderweb filament but could also see a version with it cloned out.
You mention that it was overcast this day but I wonder if you could increased the exposure in PP by about 1/3. It feels a bit dark to me.
Another thought would be to warm the image it very slightly.
This is a really nice image as is Karen. Just my 2 C worth!
Gail
Thank you, Gail. I do appreciate the time and effort to provide a critique. Interesting point about sharpening. I did just a little using High Pass. However, many of the images I see here seem to be lacking in fine detail. Perhaps a lot is due to personal preference. But are you seeing any halos or artifacts? Regarding the day, it was heavy overcast with light rain! Thank goodness we were sitting in a blind. The background is heavy foliage in very bright spring green. The bird is basically a medium to medium dark gray. However, I added 1/4 stop of light and I do like it better. I think the OP is how it was....but not the best it could be. Guess I was too focused on my experience and not subjective enough in processing the image. Still too dark? WDYT?
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The exposure looks better to my eye.
I do not see any sharpening halos. To me, the feather detail appears "crunchy".
I hope others chime in to see if I am incorrect in my assessment!
gail
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Originally Posted by
gail bisson
The exposure looks better to my eye.
I do not see any sharpening halos. To me, the feather detail appears "crunchy".
I hope others chime in to see if I am incorrect in my assessment!
gail
Well, here is a version with the +1/4 stop exposure adjustment and about 30% less sharpening. I'm having trouble noticing the reduced sharpening from the repost in #7....but maybe my eyes are not fine tuned enough. Thanks again!
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All look good to me -- I'm not seeing any crunchiness. Do prefer the subtle lightening. You might consider cloning out the dark spot on the beak. Love the perch and BG.
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Excellent image. Superb composition. Nice pose.
Though I have not seen the bird IRL, some birds do show course feather details in any lights.
Regards,
Satish.
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Pane #9 looks excellent.
Gail
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Beautiful. Your images, are always very nice overall, the frame is always filled with a lovely perch and BG. A pleasure to look at.
Will
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Beautiful bird, nicely shown. I like the composition, perch and background. I am not familiar with the bird, very similar to the Cardinals here but colored grey. Thank you for sharing.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
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I like the over all concept/image design. The crunchiness may in part be due to the sharpening process but also the birds feathers appear worn which makes them more jagged on the wings, back and rump areas and more stout on the head and neck in my humble opinion. Ultimately only you can say whether there is either slight subject movement or lack of critical focus by looking at the original image but either way it looks like a pretty good capture to me.
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I like the composition and the nice colors. I like the topside view and the fact that we can see one of the feet. and the small leaves spaced perfectly on the perch. When using sharpening use a smaller radius to avoid jaggies and a coarse look on the fine details
TFS
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Originally Posted by
arash_hazeghi
I like the composition and the nice colors. I like the topside view and the fact that we can see one of the feet. and the small leaves spaced perfectly on the perch. When using sharpening use a smaller radius to avoid jaggies and a coarse look on the fine details
TFS
Thank you for commenting. I used High Pass for sharpening with a low amount. I'm not seeing evidence of over sharpening in this image when viewed @ 100% and 200%. Perhaps it is just personal preference regarding fine details.
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