Originally Posted by
Brian Sump
Andreas, this is a fine shot my friend. I love the simplicity of the image design with enough character in the folder perch (although just a simple reed) as well as the gorgeous gradient behind. Quite unique going from beige/orange to gray.
Subject looks nice. Great eye contact and HA. Like the richness in blacks. Otherwise, I could see a version with subject and perch moved left in frame a touch.
Curious, were the whites on the neck blown? You have them in good range here around 251 but when attempting to do a little channel blending there was not much movement, which made me curious.
Oh, may also want to go ahead and clone that faint reed sticking up along the bottom edge, under the perch.