Not sure about this one. I liked the pose and the BG, but I thought the perch was way too big for the bird, so cropped most of it. Now thinking , have I left too little space for the bird to look into. Cloned out an OOF Coatit, perched in front of the Chaffinch. Another from Cairngorm at the weekend. This was a set up using bird seed.
Nice shot Will, good pose and exposure, it looks a tad noisy, I would suggest 1/1600 sec would have given very sharp results and a little less noise. I have a very similar set up in my garden - just waiting for the jays but the magpies are not letting them in!
Fun pose.
I must admit that the noise on the bird is quite significant. I would try to reduce this in PP. IQ not up to your usual standard in this shot but why?.
I can also see cloning remnants along the perch and the edge doesn't seem natural.
Gail
Hi Will, as this was a se-up then really having to crop, clone etc means it wasn't quite right IMHO, however, I hope if you go back you can reduce these requirements and so retain more/better IQ, but use that screen, it's there for a reason. Was the subject lighten, as the noise is very evident which is a shame, also you have the detail in the subject, but the 'perch/stump' lacks anything??? I wouldn't have run any NR on the rear/back part of the perch as I personally feel it's too smooth and jars a little with the sharper elements. Killer BKG, complimentary colour.
Chaffinch
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