Richard, a lovely little bird. The BG is gorgeous and compliments the bird beautifully. There is some lovely feather detail around his flank. I also like the diagonal line he makes across the frame. I am not familiar with the bird so not able to comment on his colouring other than I might consider lightening his eye a tad. I might also crop a little from the top and the RHS. The purists on the this site might think the angle is a bit steep. A lower POV seems to be the favoured view.
Thank you Glennie for the comments. I was wondering if the eye could use some more light and I can see where the angle is a little distracting. Great tips I appreciate it .
I would like to clarify what I meant Richard. I think the diagonal line across the page, from corner to corner is nice. It's the upward angle from where you were shooting. More at eye level. Does that make sense?
Exposure and details are perfect, and the composition is well balanced. I get the feeling you were at eye-level for this...it's the way it is leaning away on the perch that makes it appear as steep. Had it perched tilted towards us rather than away that would have been better. But then again birds have their own agendas and will do as they please :-)
Very nice! Good catch of a subject that doesn't sit still. Beautiful background, sharp subject with great detail in darks and lights. You have some leeway in the composition to play with the crop angle a little -- artist's choice. I like that the color detail on the rump shows.
It may be verging just slightly on over-sharpening. Does it look the same as your JPEG on your computer? I've seen claims that posting from Flickr (and possibly similar sites) can cause re-sizing issues. As a member you can post a properly-sized JPEG directly from your computer with no changes imposed anywhere.
I think your right Diane on the over sharpening. I have a bad habit of over sharpening so I need to start to dial it back some. It looks the same on my computer so its my technique that needs the adjustment. Thanks for the cc
If you're sharpening the raw file too much or sharpening the master file in PS, then when you resize to export a JPEG and another round of sharpening occurs due to resampling, the cumulative effect can be too much. Sharpening isn't really sharpening, it's the introduction of edge artifacts that make an image look sharp, in a way.
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