The earthtone BG looks nice and the subject is way sharp. Pose is great and the perch looks good also.
I would like to see the bird just slightly more off center, but thats a minor point. Also another minor point would be about 5% more HA towards the camera.
Hey Justin, Welcome. Where are you from? Love the image. Great BKGR SH, and COMP. Could have been a VERT, or could use a bit more room above the bird. heck, a SQ would work. Any idea why the darker BKGR to the left? (That bugs me a bit.)
What IS the BKGR?
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Hi Arthur,
Thanks for the welcome.
I'm from South-west England. Just noticed I havn't entered location details yet, I must rectify that.
The background is frost coated bracken (mainly the lighter coloured bracken stems) lit by late afternoon sunlight.
The slightly darker area you mention is just where the bracken isn't lying as uniformly flat and dense as the rest, hence the slightly darker appearence.
Thanks for your comments, much appreciated.
Thanks also to Robert for the suggestion and comments.
You are most welcome. And thanks for the info. Perhaps you could re-arrange the offending bracken... It is amazing how many good photographers from overseas are participating here at BPN.
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Lovely BG and detail on the bird. I would mask the sharpening off the perch and the dark area of BG should be easily managed with clone stamp in lighten mode. A crop from the right would help decentre the bird a little. Well done, Justin. Looking forward to more of your images. Here's a quick and dirty attempt. How's this look to you?
Thanks for the suggestions.
I like the repost very much. The composition is much improved with the small crop from behind the bird.
I hadn't really noticed the darker area of background untill Arthur pointed it out but seeing your version with that area corrected, I much prefer it that way.