Female Snail Kite

[Harold Davis]

from loxahatchee yesterday morning. another wing pose given to me by ms snail kite.

D300, Bigma at 500mm, f/6.3, 1/1250s, +0.7EV, ISO 640

thanks for looking. comments and critiques are greatly appreciated.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the wing position, details and eye contact and might increase contrast a bit. I might crop a bit tighter.

[Amy Marques]

Hi Harold. I like the image but I think maybe the midtone contrast needs to be darker, as the image comes across a little flat on my monitor. There also appears to be blue CA and sharpening halos. IMO, the raptor would look better higher in the frame.

[Harold Davis]

thanks guys, here's a repost with your suggestions. i liked both.

[Amy Marques]

How about this? More contrast was added, the blue was removed from the flight feathers and a tighter crop made.

[Doug Brown]

Excellent sharpness and wing position although the bill gets a little lost in the far wing. Definitely needs a contrast boost and some chromatic aberration help. I also like the idea of a tighter crop.

[Harold Davis]

thanks amy m. repost looks good. how did you remove the blue from the feathers. it's actually in the original non processed version as well.

doug and axel, thanks for taking the time. much appreciated!!!

[Amy Marques]

I selected the sky, inversed the selection, then desaturated the blue. ;)

[Joe Senzatimore]

Last re-post looks real good. Love the wing position in this image.

[Desmond Chan]

The right wing in this one is better, Harold :)

[Fabs Forns]

I like Amy's repost too :)

You may try to get this out while converting, one of the tabs in ACR is for chromatic aberration :)