I took this in Wyoming about three weeks ago. Having never seen one displaying I was taken with it's beauty. I was wondering however, about the blue cast to his head. Is this normal?
The display looks great. It looks a bit undersaturated and the blades of grass in the foreground are a bit distracting. I would put the bird further to the right in the frame.
Two very good critiques above. I would add that the whole image is too light. There are lots of ways to darken it. If you need some help with that, please let us know.
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Thank you all for your suggestions. I am submitting a repost with what I think is a vastly improved image using your suggestions, please let me know whether there is more that can be done or that I have gone down the wrong path. Thank you again for your help.
I do think the repost is better, at least colour-wise. The darks could go darker though (again, there a few ways to do this), but this is certainly headed in the right direction :-) I still have nothing on displaying male turleys, good for you to get this!
Rather than darkening the image, it appears that you have changed the color temp...
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