Swainson's Francolin

[Jeremy Stein]

Swainson's Francolin (female)
Taken in Botswana May 26
Canon 40D with 100-400 lens at 400
1/640 at f7.1
ISO 800

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Jeremy

Good looking bird and pose with a good bg !! Might take some from the bottom then select the perch and multiply. If it does not bring the texture back just cold clone a bit in the hotter areas. Cropping wise might take just a little form the back but do like how you left more room up front !!! .... btw like that avatar :)

[Ramon M. Casares]

I like this one, the pose, perch, BG, light, detail and colors, I would only suggest to tone down the whole image a bit as it looks too bright IMO. Congratulations!

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree with both above. The perch (which I love the textures on) is looking rather bright...so does the chest but to a lesser extent. Minor cosmetic tweaks could also include lightening the iris just a bit more and toning down the brighter blue patch touching the bird's neck. Neat species, and I like the pose it offered you here. Well done :-)

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely image, Jeremy. I love the pose and BG is beautiful - good suggestions re perch above. A little NR on the BG would be an option.

[ChasMcRae]

Great image but just a tad too bright for my taste.
NR may work ,but doesnt seem to be terrible on my screen, but I have found that 2nd round of NR on coverted JPG may help.
Chas.

[Stu Bowie]

Super pose, sharp, showing lovely detail. I would darken the francolin a bit, and tone down the perch.

[Kobus Tollig]

Ditto Ramon and Daniel still great one you have here well done

[Fabs Forns]

Interesting bird, great compo and pose, agree it should be darker.