Ashy Prinia #2

[Mital Patel]

Continue to my previous post here is the second image i've with all suggestion discussed for cloning in that thread done in this

Ashy Prinia (Prinia socialis)

Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D F-4.5/5.6 ED VR
Exposure : 1/400sec @ 400mm
Aperture : f/10
ISO Rating : 200
Captured On : Feb 22 2009, 09:39 am
Location : Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA


Feel free to critique and post suggestions for improvements.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Super colours - lovely BG complementing the bird! This could work as a horizontal crop too (removing space top and bottom and adding right) although I do enjoy the vertical. Super detail.

[Arthur Morris]

Mitalbhai, This is quite lovely my friend. I love the BKGR and the single clean perch and the thorns. And the sharpness. Had the bird turned its head jusst five degrees towards you, the HA would have been perfect. Even three degrees would have been a big improvement. Excellent image optimization.

Can you post the ORIG?

[Mital Patel]

Dear arthur sir,

here is the original posted.
due to dimention i have to crop a bit from center marginally.

btw mark it can be a good horizontal comp but wished to go with vertical so made thisin vertical

Workflow :

This was the jpg i made from raw with basic adjustments which i do in every raw and make final jpg Large size.
Then use this large jpg to produce small images depend on need. do sharpness editing touch up on those smaller images only.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks! Wow, a huge crop and some fanatstic Photoshop work. Image Quality seemed to have held up quite well.

[Doug Brown]

Great PS work Mital! I would place the bird higher in the frame and would have liked the bird looking slightly towards you.

[Dave Phillips]

sweet.....very nice cleanup/clone especially on the perch itself.
Amazingly sharp detail from that crop. You have done some fine work.
The combination of good light, low ISO and fairly small aperture are key elements of the
success here along with your pp skill......nicely done

[Stu Bowie]

Great pp work Mital. You have brought out the light and colours nicely. I like your comp. Well done.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, details and BG. I would not have guessed how much work you put in PPing this, well done!

[Mital Patel]

Thanks Axel and all.
as said based on previous post i've done touchup & cloning otherwise rest Sharpness, Level work bg blurr would be few minutes job.

[Nagesh Mula]

Mital, I like the final outcome of the image. As said earlier, you have done a fantastic job with Photoshop.
If its been my pic, i would have cropped a little from left and from top.