CHE at Sunset.

[Kaustubh]

Made this image during sunset. The light was very harsh. I have tried to process this image the best i can but need help from the experts on improving it.
Details:
Nikon D40x, Aperture Priority, Sigma 50-500@500mm, f6.3, ISO 400, 1/60s.
regards,
Kaustubh.

[Lance Peters]

Hi - a big warm welcome to the BPN family - nice first post.
Techs look solid.
I would add some selective sharpening to the bird - looks just a tad soft and likewise the eye a little sharpening here will also make the whole image appear sharper.
Feels a little tight on the LHS and if it fits within your ethics would clone out the branches on the LHS.
Also made the mid tones just a tad darker.

quick and dirty - but something like this.

Look forward to seeing more :)

[Sudhanshu Nafde]

Nice processing done man... though the repost looks far better just with some minor adjustments or sharpening... nice sighting....

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Welcome what a beautiful species. Not bad for slow shutter and I love the BG, Lance's repost is where you want to be IMO - Thanks for sharing - keep em coming.

[Kaustubh]

Hi - a big warm welcome to the BPN family - nice first post.
Techs look solid.
I would add some selective sharpening to the bird - looks just a tad soft and likewise the eye a little sharpening here will also make the whole image appear sharper.
Feels a little tight on the LHS and if it fits within your ethics would clone out the branches on the LHS.
Also made the mid tones just a tad darker.

quick and dirty - but something like this.

Look forward to seeing more :)

Thanks a ton Lance. The image looks super now!! i wanted to ask you what tool you used to sharpen the eye? When i try to do selective sharpening, these white spots appear over the sharpened area. Also the branch on the LHS was looking bad, haha. Eager to learn a lot more.
regards,
Kaustubh.

[Alfred Forns]

Big Warm Welcome Kaustubh

Great advice and re post from Lance !!!! Can add would like you seeing raising the ISO, at 1/60th is tough ... you can always clean up noise but not camera shake !!!

For slight darkening I like using selective color and adding some neutral and black, works great !!!

[Kaustubh]

Big Warm Welcome Kaustubh

Great advice and re post from Lance !!!! Can add would like you seeing raising the ISO, at 1/60th is tough ... you can always clean up noise but not camera shake !!!

For slight darkening I like using selective color and adding some neutral and black, works great !!!

Thanks a lot for the advice sir. This was a handheld image while standing in a Gypsy(Blunder!!). Now i always use a bean bag. I was afraid of the noise at ISO over 400 on the D40x, but i've realized that a noisy image is better than a shaky one as it can be corrected to a great extent.
Regards,
Kaustubh.

[Gus Cobos]

A big warm welcome to our BPN family Kaustubh,
Your first post is rock solid, I like the background and the color rendition...Mr. Peters' repost puts it over the top. :cool:

[David Thomasson]

I have tried to process this image the best i can but need help from the experts on improving it.

What you posted seems pretty heavily processed; I'd like to see what you started with.