Theme: Kildeer Baby Portrait.

[Karl Egressy]

Thanks for looking.
Canon 5D M3
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS II. +1.4x III.
ISO 400
f 8.0
1/1000 s

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I don't see your usual very high standard. Not sure how you processed or whether you cropped lots?
The eye looks really grainy. A low POV would have been fabulous.
Cute portrait nevertheless. TFS

[Steve Kaluski]

Oh, looks a bit hammered here Karl, looks like Sharpening/Clarity/ Crop overload. Just pulling back on the Contrast, Whites & blacks helps, but agree with Akos that it's not to your usual standard of presentation.

Again, Akos made a key point, being at eye level with that eye would have really elevated the image, good call Akos!

TFS
Steve

[Bill Dix]

A very cute youngster, but I agree there are some issues. A large crop? I sometimes wonder if AF has a hard time knowing what to focus on with fuzzy little juvies like this, but that may not be the issue here.

[Karl Egressy]

I don't see your usual very high standard. Not sure how you processed or whether you cropped lots?
The eye looks really grainy. A low POV would have been fabulous.
Cute portrait nevertheless. TFS

Thanks Akos. I might have overdone the sharpening as you noticed.
Here is one cropped from the original but no sharpening applied.

[Geoff Newhouse]

A very nice image but I do think it is either over sharpened or over cropped. Maybe also just a slight mis-focus. None the less a great portrait of the little tyke.

TFS
Geoff

[gail bisson]

Have to agree with all of the above.
IQ just isn't there. How big of a crop is this?
Gail

[William Dickson]

I agrees about the about critique Karl. Repost is better, Great capture though.

Will