Brewer's Blackbird - female

[Indranil Sircar]

I had taken this image a week ago late in the day. The settings were -

40D, Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm, EX 580 II, BetterBeamer, Handheld
1/250 sec, f/7.1 Mode: Av Metering: Evaluative Exp comp: +1/2 ISO: 400

Cleaned-up few branches in the front. Adjusted for levels, saturation and selective colors. Applied usm. All c&c will be appreciated...

~ Indranil

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful image , lovely compo and colors
Looks bit soft to me
TFS

[Indranil Sircar]

Thanks Harshad. Is this any better?

[Harshad Barve]

Indranil
Repost looks better

[Stu Bowie]

Good detail on the little guy, and captured in lovely light. Colourful looking perch, and I would maybe blend in the lighter area middle top. Repost does look better.

[Marina Scarr]

Repost definitely looks sharper. Love the light and BG on this one, as well as the leichen on the perch. I do find the right side of the perch a bit distracting for such a small bird. Lovely exposure too.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Hi Indy
You could clean up the LRC a little, as I too find it a bit bothersome. The repost looks mighty find mate! I do find the bright OOF trunk behind the bird a little dominant and taking a step (or two) to the right may have helped better the comp (by excluding that OOF trunk). Lovely light and good sharpness. :)