sid, it looks a bit soft to me. was thinking you could have bumped the ISO for a little better shutter speed. the backlight didnt hurt you but some fill flash may have helped. compo looks good but may try to diffuse the bg a little. cool looking bird. i dont see many around here.
Hi Sid - agree with Mr H - general rule of thumb is - you want your minimum shutter speed to match the focal length you are shooting at - or use a tripod.
Some more PS sharpening might help - along with some work on the bright spots in the BG.
Hi Sid,
I like the concept and composition...you were given excellent advise by Doctor Davis and Mr. Peters...all I can say is to watch the ISO settings and the shutter speeds...good show...looking forward to some more...:cool:
Thanks everyone. I agree on the BG, but the sharpness is bothering me. The original looks very sharp at 100% in Lightroom 2, but when I resize it starts to look soft. Here it is with sharpening after I downsized for posting.
Hi Sid When you say ... sharpening after I downsized .... do you ever sharpen before downsizing? Not a good idea
Also when you reduce the size of the image for posting do use bicubic sharper (makes a difference) default is bicubic smoother which is the setting for upsizing !!!
Ah ha. What I have been doing is processing the photo for my normal size (8x10 or 11x14) and then sharpen. When I post to BPN is just resize to the 800 pixel dimension and my default is bicubic smoother.
Downy Woodpecker
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