Swallow portrait

[Paul Burdett]

Managed quite a few shots of this Welcome Swallow recently, so thought I'd try a close up for a change. Basic adjustments in ACR and PS+ removed a second catch light.

D500/500PF, 1/2000th sec@f8, iso800, hh.

[Jonathan Ashton]

That's about as close to a swallow I have ever been! Colours look good, the darkest plumage is just a little muddy.

[Paul Burdett]

Thanks so much Jonathan. Darks look good on my monitor.

[Kurt Bowman]

Very nice up close portrait Paul! I like the detail and head turn. Darks look good on my monitor as well.

[Andreas Liedmann]

hi Paul ... pretty impressive tight head portrait of this nice species . how much of a crop ?
all looks good to me in terms of color and tones ...darks looking good to me as well . the visible detail in the eye is great .

I would be more careful with masking as there is a faint halo from sharpening or shadow recovery .

tfs Andreas

[Paul Burdett]

Thank you Kurt and Andreas.
Andreas: Yes this is a fairly big crop, and yes I see the halo, and will go back and fix that. Cheers.