Vermilion Flycatcher

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in Tuscon, Arizona last December. This trip was planned for Birding for my Wife.
During the trip, I found one good spot with Redhead and Vermilion.
Latter I found them in lots of other parks.
I am thinking of making a couple of trips again to Arizona in the Comming Spring and Summer.



The subject is in Shade with Spotlight around eye


Camera Settings:-
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Nikon D500 500 PF
1/1000 sec; f/5.6; ISO 1600
Manual; Matrix metering


Post Processing:-
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Raw Processing using C1P 20
Slight Crop from Top left
Nik 25-25 Filter on Bird at reduced opacity
Tonal Adjustments in Viveza
Neat Image NR
Sharpening for Presentation
Dodge selectively
No Cloning.


Let me know your thoughts and comments.

Thanks
Krishna

[David Roach]

Superb control of the reds and SH right where it needs to be. Love the framing and the canvas overall. TFS

[Dorian Anderson]

Striking image of a beautiful bird, Krishna. Exposure and details looks good, and the curios head tilt really sucks us in. Would love to have the feet and perch in better focus, and I think the bird/perch feel unnecessarily jammed into that right hand corner of the frame. I think you need to loosen the crop and move the bird up and left a bit. He's so bright that there's no danger of him getting lost in the wider comp.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A cute little bird, so colourful. I like as is but I think if you lift the darks tones (5-6)more detail is revealed.

[Daniel Cadieux]

What a cute little sweetie! I love the flaming head. Sharp where it needs to be. It's easy to cook or go overboard with those reds - good job there! The golden BG works well.

[Brian Sump]

Krishna, man this red pops. Very attractive frame.

Looks nicely processed on the subject. I agree with moving it left in frame and possibly a little looser.

The only other thing I believe would help it was more parallel to the perch, getting the whole perch and feet in focus.

TFS!

[John Mack]

Beautiful looking little bird. Neat how the birds head is tilted like that. Great background.