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    I took this over the weekend and in the morning. I was surprised by this male's bright red coloring. I did take few other shots with different head turns but I liked this one the most. Here are the settings -

    40D, Sigma 50-500 @500mm
    1/800sec, f/8, ISO 400, Exp Comp +1/3, metering mode Ev, Handheld

    Your feedback would be appreciated...

    ~ Indranil

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    Hi Indranil,

    The image appears rather soft and somewhat noisy too. How much of a crop is this from the original? Don't be concerned to show an original image too, we are all here to learn from each other's methods and experiences.

    THe colors are nice and the light is pretty good. :)

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    I like the composition and BG and agree that it looks rather soft. How did you sharpen after resizing?

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    It does look like it is a large crop. Was somw work done to the BG (above the head and next to the shoulder?). This guy has done a great job in hiding his other leg!! :-)

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    Ákos, Axel, Daniel, thanks for the comments. I did go back to the original and redid the post-processing which has been a problem. It is rather a large crop. Here is another version with noise removed and blurred background (vs. cloning).

    Quote Originally Posted by Axel Hildebrandt View Post
    I like the composition and BG and agree that it looks rather soft. How did you sharpen after resizing?
    I use two pass usm with radius/threshold .3/1 and then .2/0
    Last edited by Indranil Sircar; 04-02-2009 at 02:39 PM.

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    I like the crop of the repost better, the branches crossing the bird are a bit distracting.

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