Redhead

[John Mack]

This image was created at the infamous wall of shame on Oakley St in Cambridge, Maryland on 2/16/20 at 8:47AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Canon 500 f/4 IS USM
ISO 800
f4.0
1/2000sec

[Randy Stout]

John:

Very sweet preening pose, and I find the brightness much easier on my eyes than on the canvas back. Bird is well exposed too.

Perhaps crop a bit more from the right, and then a balancing crop from top, as all the negative space there doesn't add a lot of context to the image.

One other small thing, I might try to tease out just a little more texture from the water where it is in focus, just to help anchor the bird a bit.

Cheers

Randy

[dankearl]

Wish it had the eye open but nice angle and sweet pose.

[David Roach]

How'd I miss this one. You've been killing these images, but this is my favorite. Just a fantastic feel to this one, IMHO. TFS