Chewin the wacky tabacky

[Lance Peters]

A old friend - happy to have his photo taken.

D3
Nikon 70-200VR with 1.7X Converter @340mm
f4.8
1/1600th
-0.7EV
200 ISO

Pretty much as shot except for sharpening - could have used extension tubes/macro on this day as this fellow was inside my minimum focussing distance a lot.

Thanks

[Doug Brown]

Love it Lance! Those whites are on the bleeding edge, but I think I see detail throughout. Terrific composition with a great eye!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Doug - they are well under on the original, I did push them as far as they would go - I wanted brilliant whites.

[Katie Rupp]

This is great, Lance, I love the eye and the orange and blue contrast---and oh yes, the pose! so much detail...

[Gus Cobos]

Super composition, exposure and image my friend. The eye is tack sharp...congrats I like it...good job...you know I like the up close and in your face images...well done...:cool:

[Nonda Surratt]

Neato Lance!, Wonderfully sharp, love the eye. That one spot of whites might be a bit too brilliant?:)

[Desmond Chan]

Have to say that spot of whites look a bit too bright on my monitor, too. The eye makes up for it a bit though :D

[carole wiley]

Beautiful colors and textures and tack sharp. I don't know if the white is blown...it is a wonderful image. the bg and the eye are sooooo close to the same blue.

[Lance Peters]

Original tops out at about 251 on the histogram - don't know whether converting to SRGB made any difference.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Lance - now that is what I call a blue sky - could do with a bit of that around here!!! Great picture - love it -well done!
Regards,
Nicki

[Alfred Forns]

Just fine and love the eye contact !!!!

[Julie Kenward]

Can't stop laughing at the bird or the image title! Good stuff, Lance. You really did a great job on this both compositionally and in PP.

[Dave Slaughter]

I don't know how I missed this, but this is real nice, Lance. I am waiting for a photo from you where I can tell you that it needs sharpening, but this ain't it! Great detail.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Very nice Lance. Sharp, background and composition are all great.
Regards,

[Lance Peters]

Thanks everyone....

Julie - Glad you got a laugh out of it :)
Dave - I am a bit obsessive about sharpening and eyes LOL --- oh welll guess it takes all kinds.

:)