That is VERY nice, great poses, light, detail, colors, ambient and exposure, my only suggestion here would be to run some noise reduction to the BG.
Big congratulations!
Pretty cool capture. I like the attentive looks and setting. I might clean the whitewash in the lower right and sharpen the birds a bit more. Maybe a tad more room at the top?
Love those four sets of peering eyes. In addition to the whitewash, you might want to QM over the hot rock.
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Agree about the QM on the rock and the cloning of the whitewash. I'm also wondering if you can bring the light up a bit in bird #3's squinting eyes so the yellows more closely match the others? I realize he's squinting but his eyes feel a bit lackluster to me.
Quite the magical moment captured here.
The hot rock as has been mentioned could use some work and a bit more room at top and right side would be nice.
Who couldn't like this image. Just wonderful family group with super eye contact. I actually like the one on the right peaking out from behind it's brother/sister. I would like to see a little more overall sharpness to the image. Well done Danny!
Its a beautiful picture Danny, Loved the fact that you were able to capture all of them properly and with their eyes open :-). i would also do a QM on the foremost rock piece as suggested by Artie.
Also, It was my picture I would have named it as 'Curious Looks'. Congratulations!!
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