Inconspicuous Beauty...

[David Roach]

With a cloudy eastern horizon as the sun was rising, I knew this would be soft but I love the eyes on these elusive beauties. So I cranked it to 1600, locked in on that eye and hoped this shy beauty would hold the pose for a moment.
1DMKIIN 400DO 1.4xtc ISO 1600 F8@1/60

[Randy Stout]

David:

A very soft feel, with nice background, very gentle light. Framing is very effective IMHO. The upper mandible seems a bit sharper than the eye, which may be from the difference in contrast between the two. I might try brightening the iris just a smidge and increasing the contrast. Noise seems very well controlled. Good DOF.

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Dave Mills]

Hi David....Nice portrait and placed well within the frame.Also the backround is handled beautifully. It seemed like the image had a magenta caste on it and I ran it through auto levels....

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I like the composition very much. Great eye contact and plumage detail. DOF is very good and I find the sharpness more than adequate. :) Thanks for sharing.

[Fabs Forns]

Good repost by Dave, Ialso saw the magenta cast. Very nice head portrait, sharp and well composed.

[Juan Aragonés]

Superb Bg and what a terrific rendering of the eye. It looks really alive. I see the magenta cast and David´s repost is an improve. Terrific sharp BTW

[Phil Ertel]

Hi David, Very nice portrait. I like the composition and agree with the other that you have good details and a lovely background. In my opinion, Dave's repost was an improvement. Keep them coming.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice portrait shot, David.

[David Roach]

Tried to auto adjust WB in raw conversion.