All Ears

[Brian Sump]

An Eared Grebe unprocessed from late spring this year. Yes to body angle slightly away but the head turn seemed to make it for me.

R5
840mm
Handheld shooting through external screen
ISO 2500
1/1000
f5.6

LR and PS as well as Neat Image for NR. Cloned two bright water spots on the face, extra catchlight and one small bubble in the water.

[Randy Stout]

Brian:

Great POV, eye contact, slight body turn not an issue with this head turn, still engaging.

If you had time, I would have traded a bit of shutter speed for more DOF, but very effective as is.

Cheers

Randy

[Jonathan Ashton]

Looks absolutely spot on to me, the grebe is beautifully rendered all the details are clearly shown. The eye is just amazing. The water blends ideally into the background. A real pleasure to view.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Brian, good HA, and that makes up for the 'lack' of body position. Love the detail around the head, and red eye. Killer pastel BG.

[John Mack]

That red eye really pops. I do like the low angle and that golden water.

[Brian Sump]

Thank you very much gents, always grateful for your feedback!

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Brian ... nicely processed with a full use of tonal range and contrast right on the dot !!!
Always a pleasure to see your sensitively processed work .... keep it up !!
Lovely looking subject .
Hope you are happy with Neat Image as NR tool .

TFS amigo