Great find, details and soft light and a very nice habitat. I might be tempted to clone out the OOF branch in the upper right if that is something you do. I don't think I've seen this species before, thanks for sharing!
Hi Fernando. Great shot! Very smooth background at that high ISO! Very sharp. Great bird also, I would love to see one. I see one leaf entering the frame on the upper right that could easily be removed (I had to find something!). Love it! Dan Brown
Thanks for your comments, since I donīt have any flash, used high ISO then cleaned the image using Neat Image. I really donīt know how to remove the distracting leaf without traces !
Good job on the noise Fernanado! I used the patch tool and the clone tool on the leaf at the top right and just the clone tool only on the bottom right leaf. This would be much easier to do before you add your framing borders by the way.
Dan Brown
Last edited by Dan Brown; 07-09-2008 at 10:49 PM.
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Fernando, I really like your image. Interesting bird, nice perch, and well composed. Some background elements may not be ideal, but I don't feel that they take away from the overall image. Good job in tough conditions.
Fernando, I've been trying to photograph this guy for some time now, but it is so hard since they move a lot and are most of the time on the lower levels of forest.
You did really well, I believe both versions are fine, but I believe Doug's version has a purplish look, at least on my monitor, this bird presents only two colors, black black, and white white. Great find.
I've admired this bird in field guides for years and so it's a big treat to see it in the flesh. Congratulations on a very nice image and I can imagine how difficult it is to capture this species. I like the lighting, composition, sharpness, in fact everything about this image. The subject overpowers the habitat so I'm not at all distracted by the BG.