White-winged Dove

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks

Here's a visitor to our garden in bright sunshine.

CC's welcome and always appreciated

Uncle Gus

Olympus E-520, Zuiko 70-300 mm @554mm
Aperture priority, F/5.6, 1/500s, ISO 100, -0.70 eV Auto WB

[Gail Spitler]

Hi Gus - Looks like you handled this very well indeed despite the bright sunlight. Love the eye.
Very nice image
Cheers
Gail

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gus - done well in bright sunshine - like the clear sharp eye. Seeing a little bit of noise in the BG and some area's (Down by the tail) were the masking of the NR looks like it has been a bit off.
Good show :)

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Long time uncle Gus. I haven't been around much lately, my busy time of year with work. Great HA.
Congrats

[Alfred Forns]

Mighty fine Gus Like it a lot !!

btw for the bg what I have been doing is using the brushes from PhotoKit Sharpner. Creative sharpening>smoothing brushes>soft brush 3 Just go over the bg at 100% Seems to smooth everything out and gives it a nice look !!! Even when using a low ISO I give it a try.

... btw for sharpening I use the sharpening brush and select the first one the go over the head of the bird, it creates its own layer so can reduce opacity to taste. .... sharpening looks fine on this one !!

[Harold Davis]

this is fantastic, UG!!! love that bg and you got some good connection with the dove. might run a little NR on the bg. nice job!!

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks

Thank you very much for looking at my Dove photo. As usual your kind crtiques have added to my learning curve. Special thanks to Al Forms for the sharpening tips

Much appreciated

Uncle Gus