comb-crested jacana

[Paul Burdett]

I've posted Jana's in flight previously, but this is my latest photo. Basic adjustments in ACR and PS. 16x9 crop works well here I think. Hope you like it.

D500/500PF, 1/3200th sec@f5.6, IOS1600, manual mode, hh. Cheers.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Paul, I like the image, very interesting bird. My first thought looking at the image was that the feathers appeared a little smooth. Was this underexposed, with having to reduce noise? My eyes keep going back to the spurs on the legs, never seen anything on a bird like that. The 16x9 works well, thank you for sharing.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super capture, I sense what Jo refers to, the image looks a little roughly treated for want of a better explanation, I think there is a super image there but a little TLC in processing would elevate it.

[Paul Burdett]

Thank you Joseph and Jonathan. This was a fairly large crop, and I think I used too much n/r. I had another go but didn't like the final result even though there was more detail in the feathers. Cheers.

[Steve Kaluski]

You did well with a brighter backdrop here Paul, but yes, the amount of NR has smoothed out some of the detail which is unfortunate. I would loose about half the space above and go far more pillar box.

TFS
Steve

[Paul Burdett]

Thanks Steve. I'll try that idea. Cheers.

[Dorian Anderson]

Yeah, if you back off the NR a bit you'll get a bit more detail. The bird does jump off that BG, and I appreciate the view of the hella long toes. Elongated flight pose does make for a difficult crop though!

[Paul Burdett]

Thanks Dorian. Today at a different location i took around 300 shots of Jacanas...soon to edit some.

[Arthur Morris]

I like the bird and the background :0

with love, artie

[Paul Burdett]

Thanks Artie