This is not the sharpest image. I took it with a 2X extender and, even at f/10, I am not happy with the noise/ texture in the picture. Please let me know your opinion on the composition of the image. Bird posture, perch, background, etc..
Please note that there are no channel clipping in the PSD file.
Your comments are very useful to me. I am realy eager to learn.
1/500
f/10
ISO 500
Nikon D200
sigma 120-300 f/2.8 +2X TC " 600mm
Tripod with sidekick.
You've got nice composition IMO here.
Perhaps it is a bit tight in the frame, but OK as is too.
Too bad for the sharpness and noise.
The colors are very nice though.
If you are puzzled by the intensive and flat yellow
w/o any clipping here's a link to an extensive discussion about the
problem:
You have hit the IQ issues here, so will only comment on the composition and post.
I think the pose is fine, the lighting is uneven because of shadows from branches. The most noticeable is the shadow across the top of his head. The OOF RL corner is a bit distracting, and the vertical branch on the left is a bit more prominent than I would prefer.
I know the PSD file was OK, but somewhere in the conversion to the jpeg, resharpening for web, etc., the entire front of the bird is now clipping. A very minor reduction in contrast brought the red spike in the histogram off the right margin.
Rene,
This little bird seems a bit big in the frame for my tastes. Also, did you do some PP on the perch? There seems to be an odd border between the upper and lower surface of the branch below the bird.
René, do you use RAW, and if so which RAW editor/converter do you use? I ask this because I use Lightroom, and the odd effect you have running along the bottom edge of the perch is the result one gets when being too agressive with the "Fill light" tool in LR.
Thank you for the comments. I had not even seen this dark area below the branch. I use Lightroom and often apply the fill light function. I will have to be more carefull.
Yellow warbler (male)
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