Cocky

[mikedelaney]

canon 40D
sigma 50-500mm
f 6.3
1/1000 s.
ISO 400

i tried to put a sky blue behind it, but some of the cockiness was left behind so i give you it with the actual camera bg.:o

[mikedelaney]

the one with the blue bg went through, the one with the actual bg failed, i don't know why.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Mike,
A much better and cleaner background...you have good head angle and eye contact ....your Cardinal is too centered in frame and sitting way too high. I made a few changes to your base image to show you what I mean...I cropped the bottom and from the right side of the frame and added canvas to the left to move him off center and place him further down. I increased saturation and contrast and selective sharpened the eye...see if you agree... :cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Bg is fine Mike !!! I like the changes Gus made, main thing is keeping the bird form the middle. Doing well !!!

[mikedelaney]

thanks Gus, i do certainly agree that you made some real improvements over my shot. i'll do better tomorrow.
thans to you too Alfred.

[denise ippolito]

Mike, They get better and better.Good Job! Beautiful BG

[Jeni Williams]

What beautiful colours Mike. I like the pose and bg - and think Gus has done some super pp work!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Good work Mike, you sure are trying hard. Gus' repost is great.