Hi Brian .... ok here we go
Thanks for the info on the vignette .
I think it is a very cool thing to go and think out of the box .... and be not narrow minded
. Albeit this was created by Mother Nature ..... at least you have to shoot this kinda stuff .
So good to see you left the trusty path
I love it for the most part .... the purple feathers are kind of " distracting " as they are so eye catching , they are taking away my eye from the gorgeous pose of the subject . That said I feel the darker face and that eye are falling short due to the natural appearance of the bird .
Not much you can do .... as I think the fall of light was not on your side to get more light on the dark face and bill . So I have not a real good idea how to improve , apart from opening up the facial shadow areas without going too fake !!!
The IQ looks great , just a bit of " color bleeding " created by the vignette . Where is the noise ?
Great work Amigo .... I am envious to be honest .
Will wait for the R3 and will kick you out of the house ....LOL ... with images of hovering song birds from my garden
. May be .....
TFS Andreas