I wish for a cleaner bill, also the LRH corner is OOF, I was very close to the bird.
Tried to lighten the eye but didn't like the result.
CC appreciated.
Nikon D80 300mm+TC1.4 f/5.6 1/3200 AP-1/3 ISO400 Fill-flash
Portrait
I wish for a cleaner bill, also the LRH corner is OOF, I was very close to the bird.
Tried to lighten the eye but didn't like the result.
CC appreciated.
Nikon D80 300mm+TC1.4 f/5.6 1/3200 AP-1/3 ISO400 Fill-flash
Good self-critique and a nice crop. And sharp. Can you age this bird?
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Very nice composition and your self-critique covered pretty much every thing.
good job.
Ay... Well, the supercillium is not too prominent, actually it is hardly there,Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
But on this larger image, the back is patterned.
Hard one...
I'll go with juv.?
Last edited by Ilija Dukovski; 10-02-2009 at 06:53 PM.
Very nice composition and detail. Good self critic and still a very nice result. Congratulations
I like the composition, sharpness and complementing BG. Have you tried to lighten the iris only?
Yes Axel, the iris is not completely blocked, but if I lighten I get patchy red iris, didn't look too good.
If you think it can be done properly, please be my guest.
lovely compo and self critiques are bang one
TFS
Last edited by Harshad Barve; 10-03-2009 at 09:13 AM.
Everything's covered. Would like to see more of the bird.
Excellent shot Ilija. Like as you presented and good self critique. Tack sharp, good comp and loads of detail. Nicely done.
The iris is quite dark, I lightened it a bit and tried not to overdo it and removed the second catchlight.
Better; I can see just a hint of the pupil. That is one dark eye.
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Thanks everyone on the comments, appreciated as always...
Axel, thanks for the correction, the reason for so dark eye I think is the sidelight, while the flash helped the
plumage, did not help the eye in this case.
Daniel,
The 2nd version has plenty of the bird, however good portion is OOF that's why I went with the vertical crop.
Superb capture. Stunning detail.
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