White Necked Jacobin - Female

[Peter Hawrylyshyn]

Taken at Rancho Naturalista in Costa Rica last month
Setup with 7 x 580EX flashes set at 1/32 power as described in Linda Robbins' HB Guide. The BG created from a photo of acual forest setting at Rancho blurred in PS and printed on matte paper. The grey area in upper right was a branch. Multiple catch-eyes corrected and some canvas added along top in PS. Hope you emjoy it.
50D with 400mm DO lens Manual ISO 500 1/250 f22

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great setting, pose, details and BG. I see a slight magenta cast on my monitor and it could go a tad brighter for my taste, particularly the eye.

[Tony Whitehead]

I like the pose and colours in the image - bird, flowers, BG all complement well. Maybe a touch of selective sharpening to optimise presentation for web.

[Arthur Morris]

Well done Peter. Linda would be proud of you. Yes to making the face brighter. Love the pose and the flower. Could do without the gray branch otherwise like the BKGR. Thnaks for mentioning the guide.

[Peter Hawrylyshyn]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions - agree and wish the grey branch had been elsewhere. Creating effective BG's is a large part of the challenge with creating such photos.
Here's a repost with the forehead/face dodged, eye lightened, slight correction to magenta cast and one more round of sharpening for the web in Pixel Genius
Not only was Linda's guide invaluable reading - she graciously answered numerous questions and provided invaluable advice by email prior to the trip. Thanks again for all your help
Peter

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The repost is a big improvement, well done!