Glossy Black-Cockatoo

[Colin Driscoll]

A male (brown head) feeding on Forest Oak cones.

Canon EOS R5 EF600mm III 1.4x III 840 mm HH
1/1250 f5.6 iso4000 manual
ACR PS2024

[Jonathan Ashton]

Colin I have looked a couple of times at his image, I like the composition, the bird beng framed nicely between the leaves. I am not too sure about the colours - is it a little on the blue side? Also not too sure the contrast is quite right.
I may be tempted to reduce the sharpening on the food item so it may become a little less prominent.

[Colin Driscoll]

Thanks Jon, you are right there was a bit of blue there so toned that and the sharpness of the fruit down a bit.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Colin ... a neat tight shot with the feeding a bonus and very well captured
Love the framing with the greenery , very well seen .
Would agree with Jon's observations and you did well with the RP on that front , but I would darken the beak to a very good degree .... from my POV .
And I can see a version with a darker vignette added .... but without going overboard

Nice one Colin and TFS