Back from Bosque...

[Dan O'Leary]

I did Bosque IPT #2 with Artie, Robert O and Scott B. Had a great time, as usual, and came back with at least a few keepers. It's been months since I last posted something (shame on me), so here goes...

Head angle isn't perfect, sun angle is off a bit, but I like the pose, bg and sharpness.

2008:12:01 08:26:11
1dm3 @ 1120mm (800 + 1.4x)
Av at 1/320 sec, f/8
Eval +1 1/3, ISO 200

Full frame.

[Stu Bowie]

Lovely landing posture captured here, and the head is pin sharp. He stands out nicely from the BG, but I would clone out the two bits of grass from below the feet. Still well captured Dan.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I Iike the angle,pose and the wing position!

[Tony Whitehead]

Great sharpness on the important parts. Blurred wingtips give a nice sense of motion. Would prefer a little more room below. Most envious of your opportunity to make images at Bosque :)

[John Ippolito]

Great light, exposure and BG. Agree on more room below. Well done.

[Juan Aragonés]

I like the combination of motion blur in the wing tips with the sharpness of the rest of the bird. Great light and pose and I would try to tone down a litle bit the BG to made the bird pop more.

[Rene' Villela]

Great shot! That is a keeper for sure! Cheers!

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Dan, Thanks again for joining us. For those who stuck around for two days, things got really wild. But for the head turn, I really like the image. It is very sharp. For the repost, I softened up the sharper stalks of grass and followed that up with a five pixel Gaussian blur on most of the BKGR.

Though Juan is a Photoshop wiz and has a great eye in this case I actually prefer your lighter original post. Thanks to Juan though for the repost.

[Dan O'Leary]

Thanks, all. Some great feedback and tips. I agree that slightly blurring the background is a good improvement.