Snipe preening

[John Robinson]

Snipe Preening
I have messed around with this much more than I would normally. Initially the bird appeared to have a kind of mono appearance. I tried to emphasise this by some dodgeing and burning and curves etc to bring out the golden coulour of the bur marigold. The more I look at it Iam not sure. SWYT. certainly not my normal style.Me thinking out of the box - whatever next!!
D7100
Sigma 50-500
1000 ISO
250th @f8

Slight crop.
Adjustment to saturation
Levels/ Curves.
PP in PSP/ Image Guru/
Colour washer.
Cheers
Thanks for comments on last pic.
JR

[Marina Scarr]

This is a rather unique environmental image, John. As we know all too well, snipe are very difficult to find. Even though there is a lot of vegetation, your bird still pops quite nicely.

[John Robinson]

Thanks Marina.
I don't normally "play" too much but thought I,d try it on this one. Not to every ones taste.
Cheers
John