Eastern Kingbird

[John Mack]

This image was created at Montezuma national wildlife refuge in Tyre, New York on 5/4/18 at 11:00AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 1600
f9.0
1/500sec

[Arthur Morris]

Nice bird. Sharp with a good exposure. Not sure if there is a green cast on the breast ...
with love, artie

[Allen Sparks]

Hi John,
Nice exposure on the bird with good details within your DOF. Nice sharp eye. I could see cloning out the spider's web coming from the bird's tail.
Allen

[arash_hazeghi]

sharp with a nice BG. I am not crazy about the perch and the image has a strong green cast

TFS

[Glenn Pure]

Pretty nice John. Lovely detail although I wonder if a touch more could be extracted from the brightest whites? The mottled background looks good.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi John, this is by far your best image in terms of PP, I'll let the Avian bods take care of the crit, but it's a substantial a huge move forward in your PP of images.

Good detail, it's sharp and overall good control of the tonal range. Yes there is a cast, get the WB right before taking it in any direction thereafter (Cool or Warm) and you'll be good, but also you do need to drop the Green & Blue too. There also appears to be some green areas on the bird ie on the white towards the wing & wing which is not from any cast, so perhaps a hint of the Clone tool, as it has a circular pattern?

Whatever you have changed or done John keep it going.

TFS
Steve

[Isaac Grant]

I like the pose and the details look pretty good. I agree that there is a strong green cast to the shot. In addition the gray of the bird is too washed out. And the tips of the tail are over exposed.