Snow Bunting Chick

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Captured this image last month on Flatey Island, Iceland on a cold, windy overcast morning. C&C welcome.


D500, Sigma 150-600mm @ 420mm, 1/3200s, f 6.0, ISO 2000, Hand Held.


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[Aditya Sridhar]

I love this shot Geoffrey! The chick is adorable. I almost feel bad for complaining, but I see a bit of noise in the bg that could be cleaned up and maybe the specular highlights could be toned down a little. A little bit of TLC and this is a winner for sure! Great sharpness on the bird and the outstretched leg is a nice touch

[dankearl]

I like the bird and the dark mood however it needs NR and I would take some off the top to lessen
the impact of the dark LHC.

[John Mack]

Nice frame of this chick on the rocks. Like how the color of the bird matches the rocks.

[Dorian Anderson]

Agree there is a lot of empty and somewhat distracting space at the top. Focus on the eye is decent but falls off from there; I always like to have a sharp leg in profile like this. More direct eye contact would have helped as well.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Agree there is a lot of empty and somewhat distracting space at the top. Focus on the eye is decent but falls off from there; I always like to have a sharp leg in profile like this. More direct eye contact would have helped as well.

Thanks Dorian and all for your observations and suggestions for cropping at the top. I wasn't quite sure about the crop when first posted, but I am now. I addressed the noise, added more detail in the leg and foot, and bird with Detail Extractor.

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[gail bisson]

Repost really looks better!
If you have enough pixels I would take a bit of LHS to fit a 7 x 5 ratio.
Well done!

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Repost really looks better!
If you have enough pixels I would take a bit of LHS to fit a 7 x 5 ratio.
Well done!

Thanks Gail. Funny you should suggest 7 x 5 ratio, because I only cropped from the top in my repost. Just did a 7 x 5 browser crop and it looks quite nice also.

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[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks everyone.

Geoffrey




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