D700
70-200mm f2.8 VR with 1.7TC
340mm
ISO 800
f6.3 at 1/320s
Aperture Priority mode
Matrix Metering
0EV
Auto white balance
handheld
Adjust white balance, shadow protection to bring back blacks, darken the whole image a bit, lighten the face (try to recover black details), cropped and sharpen.
Common Myna, this one with eyelid closed. The closed eyelid makes me feel like it is wearing a Chinese mask somehow.
All comments and suggestions are welcome.
Last edited by Thanaboon Jearkjirm; 07-13-2009 at 02:19 PM.
Reason: forgot post process detail
Hi - like the close up pose and your exposure looks good (after your tweaks). low shooting angle is good also.
Its a shame you cant really make out the eyes at all - sort of gives it a weird feel - just my tastes though.
Getting your light angle behind you before shooting will save you having to recover shadows etc - th emore you get right in cmaera the less there is to do afterwards.
Keep them coming :)
Looks nice and sharp with a good pose. Think it would be more effective with the eyes open. Might desat a bit or at least the green grass as it looks pretty bright. Nice and sharp and you left room for the "virtual" feet:)
Thanaboon, I think this would be a stronger image w/ the eyes open-but it has a neat look with the mask and the eyes closed. Looks nice and sharp, I might give the tail a bit of room. Agree w/ Jackie about the greens.
I like the capture, but would like to see the eyes, also need to desaturate the greens, and more room in the tail area...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
mask on
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