Practice at the parking lot

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

D700
70-200mm f2.8 VR with 1.7TC
340mm
ISO 1000
f5.6 at 1/400s
Aperture Priority mode
Matrix Metering
+0.7EV
Auto white balance
handheld

Adjust white balance, highlight protection to bring back white, darken the bird, reduce noise on the feather near stomach, cropped and sharpen.

More practice with the combo, this time with small bird. Some black was lost during the darkening of the bird. Taken at my office parking lot, I believe this is juvenile Oriental Magpie Robin. All comments and suggestions are welcome.

Hmmm, maybe the tail and near the neck are a bit oversharpen?

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Quite a lovely shot, cropped a little and thought it had a bit of a blue colour cast by looking at the wings. Also sharpened it just a bit:)

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Repost after working with the suggestions. Thank you for pointing out the blue cast.

[Alfred Forns]

Excellent suggestion Jackie !!!

Thanaboon for color casts try looking into colors that are neutral .... easy finding the cast and what to do. I like the pose with the good head angle and raised tail !!! Very nice image !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Thanaboon,
I like the composition and capture...you have sharp details with a good head angle and sharp eye contact...the raised tail is a plus...Lady Jackie's repost sets it the way it should be...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Harold Davis]

excellent repost, thanaboon. i love the alert pose with the raised tail.

[Lance Peters]

Love the repost - excellent pose , Good HA and love the eye contact.
That Lens/converter combo rocks :)