Black Skimmer-preening

[Lorant Voros]

I am home for a few days, so I headed out to spend some time in nature.Cropped and a destructing element cloned out on the left side. Comments are welcome.

1DMKIV
500mm
ISO640
f: 8
1/3200
handheld

[David Salem]

Nice look at this preening skimmer. The pose shows the head well and I like the details and the colorful BG. Looks just a little washed out. I might add some black or contrast. Well done

[christopher galeski]

nice preening pose,good POV,good detail,agree with comment above,on looking a bit washed out.TFS.

[Randy Stout]

Lorant:

I like the composition, angle of primaries, preening pose, great head position. Do agree with the guys, appears rather flat. I applied a "soft light" blend mode at 62%, just to see what it would do. Think its an improvement.

Cheers

Randy

[Lorant Voros]

Lorant:

I like the composition, angle of primaries, preening pose, great head position. Do agree with the guys, appears rather flat. I applied a "soft light" blend mode at 62%, just to see what it would do. Think its an improvement.

Cheers

Randy

Thank you for taking the time to work on this, Randy. It is for sure an improvement as the original is rather flat. Thanks guys for the input.

[Daniel Cadieux]

The deeper blacks made a huge difference. I love the pose, low angle, BG. I only wish the wavelet had cleared the area where the legs touch the water.

[annmpacheco]

I like the repost too Lorant, swell image. pov, and BG are terrific.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose + low angle, Randy's repost fixed the blacks