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It's a very pleasing image Paul you obviously had a great time.
I suspect the image is quite a crop I would suggest reducing it slightly and possibly increasing sharpening or adding a little clarity. Regards the wire, I think only you will know. If you did substitute a perch and if it worked you couldn't ever use the image without having to explain.... you have to ask yourself is that better than the image as it was. In my view birds do perch on wire, I have got used to it! A natural perch is more pleasing to the eye but we don't always get what we want.
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The pose and background are great. The crop has affected the image quality some. I wouldn't go through the trouble of replacing the perch. I don't mind the wire.
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Birds perch where they want, a wire is where it perched and that is where you should show it. Nice pose and lovely smooth background. Techs already covered. I might try lightening the eye a touch if it were mine.
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I think completely replacing a perch is too much manipulation and mostly disingenuous. The wire is certainly an issue but you should focus on getting the shot you want in the field.
This is what it is. A nice shot of an alert swallow on a wire.
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A lovely image and bird but I do not understand the square crop here. A horizontal 3X2 or close to it, would be my choice.
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Thank you all for the feedback and suggestions, which I will take on board. I agree about not replacing the wire with a "fake" perch...just wanted some opinions on that.
Artie: There was an other oof Martin on the left of this one, so I cropped to 8x12 inches. Not sure what you mean by square crop here, but I'll try the 3x2 crop as you suggested.
Cheers.
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Originally Posted by
Paul Burdett
Thank you all for the feedback and suggestions, which I will take on board. I agree about not replacing the wire with a "fake" perch...just wanted some opinions on that.
Artie: There was an other oof Martin on the left of this one, so I cropped to 8x12 inches. Not sure what you mean by square crop here, but I'll try the 3x2 crop as you suggested.
Cheers.
Hey Paul, My bad. I forgot to hit Control minus in order to view the whole image :( It looks fine as posted. Thanks for the heads-up.
with love, artie
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Hi Artie...no problem...thanks for reminding me of ctr-...now I know what to do in the case of images on this forum that sometimes don't have a scroll bar at the bottom...lol
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