purple gallinule

[Sid Garige]

From green cay today.

D300 200-400mmvr
F4 1/800

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely colours here, Sid. The image looks a little bright which is losing some detail and colour. I have tried a small curves adjustment to darken the light colours and set a black point in the pupil. Duplicated the bill to a new layer and blended with linear burn backed off to about 25% - small amount of selective sharpening to the head and neck as this reas looked a little soft. How does this version look to you?

[Fernando Cerra]

The repost improved an already beautiful image !

[Doug Brown]

I like the repost more, but I also like the OP. A little unconventional on the crop, but I think it works. The tip of the bill looks a little soft on my monitor, but that could be an illusion, since everything else is tac-sharp.

[Stu Bowie]

Your original looks great Sid, but Tony has just fine tuned it. The tip of the beak does look soft, but lovely feather detail shown through out, so well done.