Preening Hornbill

[Jay Gould]

Hi, this is the same Hornbill I was playing with in the earlier post.

Canon 40D
EF 24-105 @ 105mm
1/60 @ f/4
ISO 800
Processed in LR2.3

Comments invited and sought! Cheers, Jay

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Very neat Jay. I would crop in tight from the left and make this more into a vertical. I would also do something about the strongly lit BG element you see to the left of the bill. You have some fabulous detail in this image buddy! Congrats!!! :)

[Desmond Chan]

That's bright spot in the background is the first thing I noticed in the thumbnail of your photo :D So, yes, I agree it's better to do something about it. I like the color of this image. The background is OK with me, too. Good eye contact.

[Jay Gould]

Thanks, yeah I have tried to remove the bright spots in LR (looking forward to leaning and being proficient in PS) but it isn't clean; I am not at all proficient in this PP. The images have been PPed, but not significantly. Jay

[Scott Frye]

Very good detail on the oranges and blacks of this pretty bird. It looks like you got quite close. Unusual lighting in the eye -- looks almost like two catchlights. Agree that the background is a bit distractive but I sure wish I had a pretty bird like this in my collection.

[Stu Bowie]

The hornbill looks pretty sharp, with lovely colours. I agree with Akos regarding making this a vertical crop, and nits covered with the lighter areas.