Two friends talk

[Pedro Serralheiro]

Nothing special in terms of IQ, but I liked the moment.

It was taken in december 09 at Tejo river.
They were very far away, and no change to get closer. Light was falling quickly.

D300
800mm f5.6 ED
TC-20EII
ISO 640
f11
1/80s

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the mood and soft light and would try to sharpen the birds some more.

[Steve Canuel]

Nice contradiction in poses. Also good to have them facing each other. Since it is an interesting encounter, this might be a good image to try out some different processing to counter the lack of IQ.

[Dave Phillips]

nice to catch the two birds together and interacting Pedro.
"One suggestion" would be adjust white balance,to lift the midtones and shadows a bit for
more detail....and I darkened the foreground to add some depth.
Just some options to look at