Female Black-headed Grosbeak

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

40D, Canon 100-400@310mm, Tv 1/800 f 7.1, ISO 320

[Arthur Morris]

Interesting pose and sharp focus. Nice BKGR. What is the perch? The face is a bit over-sharpened and the white on the neck looks toasted. See the various threads in Educational resources as this is a repeating theme.

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

Artie, the BKGND is a piece of weathered board near the feeder. They just won't perch where I want
the to.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Arsdel, You can cover the board with a some bark or a small but attractive weathered partially rotted board for a more natural look.... I am looking forward to seeing some on the new "prech."

[Randy Stout]

Arsdel:

I agree with Artie re: a bit too much sharpening, I think it would look fine with less. Would try to bring up the shadowed areas a bit.

Nice to see this species, which we don't get in Michigan.

Keep tinkering with your feeder set up. I am tweaking mine all the time.

Cheers

Randy

[David Thomasson]

In addition to what others have offered, it's important to notice (and avoid) these halos around the subject -- I'm guessing they're from cloning or masking?



There's also a shift in background color from one side of the bird's leg to the other.

[Dave Leroy]

Pretty looking bird Arsdel with lots of detail. Lots of good advice given and sounds like with your feeder set up it will be put to good use. Looking forward to more. Dave

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I have to agree with David.
My advise is to try to not to leave traces of your PS work, yes I know, I don't get my results all the time, but just with practice and a good source of info about this great software you can make wonders with your digital images.
This is a new bird species for me so thanks for sharing it. I also agree with Arthur about the perch, please keep them coming.