Great cloning job, Raymond. Different leg poses now make sense. Definitely worth the effort. Image looks a little flat and maybe could use a contrast boost and darkening of the sky. I am on a crummy monitor at work so not sure if this is a valid assessment.
Man, that is a big clone job. If it were mine, I would have thrown it into the DCB - digital compost bin. :D
I admire that patience of yours with the processing! :) The end result is very appealing. I was about to ask why the strange talon positions, but then scrolled down. :)
Every now and then you get an image worthy of some serious cloning; this is definitely one of them. Great looking image! Sharpness and detail are excellent. I would darken the sky just a little.
ok guys, I want to thank you for the nice comments... but...
imo, the re-make is not that good,.. just spent a good 45 mins on this one... much more realistic... I am not much for major rebuilds like this, I would rather go out and re-shoot for something better., but it took me 3 yrs for a good chance at this cool species, so I figured I might as well give it a go.
Also, this is the first time I have used the magic wand tool in pscs., very cool deal., and it really helped me with the sky. (might even try it again!)
Thy clone master has set down the camera and started PP work! The time and effort cleaning up this image was well worth it, Ray! The final image is very nice.
Now since we should post a nit... I found one lil' one... on our left hand side (birds right) a primary feather tip or two appear to have been lightened during the cloning expeditition... darken those and waa laa!
Rough-legged Hawk
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