Looks like the top bird is having fun, and the lower one looks so nonchalant!! I like the comp, but if you have it I would give back a bit of room at right as there are a couple of feathers that are clipped at the very edge. A couple of smudges couple be cleaned up in LLC. Lastly, although the exposure looks good, a bit of fill-flash would have given you some nice catchlights on each eye. Good low angle :-)
I am still behind this moment, I couldn't get it yet, every time I see shots like this one I feel preety envious :D Love it. I think I would've gone with a tighter crop, I would also try brightenning it up a bit. Congratulations!
Stuart,
I rotated the canvas as seen and then adjusted the curves and vibrancy.
Remember when the majority of your scene is lighter than a middle tone, add light or + exposure compensation.
White light is the presence of all colors. If we underexpose an image, we leave a lot of (white light) color data out of our image. The more data available, the better the image will be.
James comment is great, and his horizon rotation/curves makes the image looks much better, here's a repost, if I may, of what I would've done with this shot :)
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