Male Painted Bunting

[James Parker]

I took this shot last year in South Carolina.

D2X
1/125 s
Aperature Priority
F/8
400 ISO
600mm
No Exp Comp
Fill Flash

[Lance Peters]

Hi James - gorgeous BG and nice colours on the bird. Bird looks a bit soft on my monitor.

Did some real quick sharpening to give you a idea, (Certainly way to much) but it shows what a difference the sharpening makes. Added a slight bit of Noise reduction.

Lance

[Oscar Zangroniz]

A most beautiful bird indeed. Great composition and background. Nice re post Lance.
Congrats to both.

[Alfred Forns]

Good base image James !!! Lance did well in the re post I like it !! Would also suggest lightening the image a bit since it seems a little dark. You can get the bird to pop !!!

Love that bg and bird pose/position Only could wish for a smaller perch !!! Excellent image !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi James,
I like the composition, but would tame down the noise...:cool: