Common Hoopoe.
Image was created in the Oct,2015. This is another frame from the one (same series) which I have posted in 2015.
Basic editing. Cropped for composition.
OOF part of branch at left corner of the perched removed.
Selectively sharpened the head. Eye lighten and catch-light lighten more selectively.Part of the perch darkened. NR applied to BG.
ISO: 400, 1/1000 @5.6. Spot metering. Manual settings.
Canon 550D, 100-400 mm.
Thanks for viewing, critiques and comments,
Kind Regards,
Satish.
A very nice preening pose Satish, love that BG too. Just wish for a bit more DOF.
A very nice pose of a beautiful bird, which you caught very well.
Yes to very nice. Can you say "uropygial gland"? I am fine with the d-o-f but would love to see the face opened up a bit: some NIK Detail Extractor/Tonal Contrast would do wonders for this at about 25%. a
ps: or maybe just pull the curve up on the whole image as the WHITEs are looking a bit gray...
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Thank you all for your feed back and kind comments.
Regards,
Satish.
Thank you so much Sir, for your kind feed back. Gland is very clear in the next frame. I will post it.Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
Here is the repost.
Regards,
satish.
Satish the repost just gives the image that bit of lift that it needed, lovely natural shot.
Keith.
Both look pretty good to me Satish
maybe the BG is a little bit "colourful"- but no big deal. At least it has a little gradation in it which I always like in bird shots.
Good theme image whatever.
John
Hey Satish, Even though I am viewing in the car at Kennedy Space Center the face on the repost looks much better; you did a good job. a
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