Rock Wren in Fading Light

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image on Antelope Island last weekend.
I camped on weekend to photograph wintering Ducks.
Between near-freezing temperatures (We had snow) and the First Camping experience in Winter, I could not get up and photograph ducks.
I did get a chance to photograph Rock wrens at sunset.

Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D850 500 pf f/4 + 1.4 x TCII
Info 1/2500s f/8.0 ISO1600
Manual; Matrix metering


Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P 20
Cropped from top for Composition
Nik 25-25 Filter on Bird at reduced opacity
Tonal Adjustments in Viveza
Neat Image NR
Sharpening for Presentation
Dodge selectively
Cloned a Couple of spots on the foreground


Let me know your thoughts and comments.

Thanks
Krishna

[arash_hazeghi]

I am undecided about this one Krishna, the POV could work but the partial strong shadow is holding it back for me, if the eye was lit maybe but with the eye in the shade....


TFS

[David Roach]

I love this canvas just as is. Even the OOF FG works great with low light. Really evokes a natural night fall mood IMHO. TFS

ps
Framing spot on for me...

[Daniel Cadieux]

Just like Arash, this is a tough one for me. I like where you were going with it, and being creative is never a bad thing! The warm light is inviting (hard to believe it was so cold!), and the perch pretty cool, but the dark eye is hard to get around for me. The FG is also pretty heavy and overpowering IMO. Maybe even more backlit, with some type of rim-lighting, would have been better - but definitely difficult to line up with active songbirds. Keep up the creative juices!

[Arthur Morris]

I like that we can see the feet but am not thrilled with the image overall. This is one that might have rocked with lots of flash to light the shadowed side. Or not ...

with love, artie

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like it, I really don't know why bird photographers don't like shadows, for me they are a natural feature found in nature, I like to see light and dark it makes a change from constant flat bright light.

[gail bisson]

I really like this and would LOVE this if the eye had been a bit more lit up.
Love the artistic feel to this,
Gail

[John Mack]

I like it. The light is killer. Yes it would have been better to have been on the other side. But i like the mystery this frame invokes.