Self critique: head turn could be better but acceptable IMHO; perch is a little too large and and artistically uninspired; AOC is acceptable, but a little more DOF would have pulled in the tail. PP used gausian blur to smooth out the BG: created a mask of perch and used curves to enhance contrast. Could not bring myself to crop off the lower fork of perch. Like the colour of BG.
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Last edited by Mark Schmitt; 01-20-2009 at 11:29 PM.
Mark, very good self critic, I agree with you in most of your critics but I do not worry about DOF or the perch being too large. I have two other critics to add to your list: 1) the two tips of the perch are not very natural and 2) the image needs a litle touch of contrast or levels adjustment to pop up more. Terrific sharpness and very good BG. Thank you for posting the steps that you followed in processing this image :-)
I really like the composition and the background. Would really be a knock out image if the head were turned towards you or if you weren't shooting from behind the subject.
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