Captured this female Sat morning in the backyard.
Canon 40D
Canon 400mm F/5.6
manual mode
1/500
F/6.3
ISO 100
on tripod
center focus point
curves, smart sharpen, minor cropping, little saturation
Nice image of the bird. The crop is unusual and needs to have less negative space around the bird I think. The out of focus dark lines coming in from the top are not helping, I would suggest a tighter crop, a vertical closer to the bird to get rid of more of the bg. The catchlight looks a bit odd to me.
Hi Tom, All excellent stuff by Mike. I would add that if this is your backard and birds are coming to your feeders you need to do a much better job of selecting and positioning your perches...
Later and love,
artie
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