European bee-eater
Hey everyone,
I took this picture in an early summer morning. I am not quite sure if the colors look right. I reduced a bit of the reds and greens and boosted a bit the blues.
The other adjustments are levels, sharpening with high pass filter, and local contrast and brightness corrections.
I may be missing other things that should be fixed, so comments and suggestions are very welcome.
Thanks,
Kalin
Nikon D3, 300 mm f/2.8 @ f/3.5
1/3200, ISO 200
I love it! Colors look great, BG is perfect, nice and sharp where necessary. The only thing I might do would be to clone out the two small branches at the bottom, but they are not really an issue.
Thanks Warren! I am not much into cloning out or adding things. I appreciate your advice, though, and will try to frame the picture better next time!
I don't know what color the bird should be but it looks wonderful to me! What a great pose you caught, with great sharpness and tonal detail. The yellows have perfect detail and contrast is just right.
It's normal to need to tweak colors a bit, as the camera can only guess at white balance and profiles are not always perfect. Fine-tuning colors to taste is quick and easy.
Looks good to me also. Full of colour and movement. I don't mind the two little sticks at the bottom RHS. It sort of puts a full stop to the image. Well caught image!
Thank you all very much!
This is really nice Kalin I would not change a thing
Don Lacy
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Originally Posted by Kalin Botev
Hey, a man after my own heart! :)
Very nice photo, Kalin! It's a beautiful bird!
Mike
Thank you Don and Michael!
Beautiful and engaging.
Gorgeous image. I almost missed the green streak at the bird's left wing (through the beak's shadow). I'm having trouble reading it -- it could be a rapidly moving leaf. In any case, I think it's negligible. I really like this shot!
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