Hepatic Tanager

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

Photo taken at Madera Kubo B&B, Madera Canyon. Large crop & resize only with sig & 1px black border added.

CC's invited and appreciated

Uncle Gus

Olympus E-510, Zuiko 70-300n@ 600mm HH
AP: F/6.3, 1/500s. ISO 400, o.ooeV, Auto WB

[Lance Peters]

Hi Gus - nice looking bird - seeing a bit of noise present on my screen, Bird looks a tad soft especially in the head/eye area - a little more sharpening perhaps, although possible the point of focus was not on the head /eye, may also be due to the large crop.
Show me more ;)

[Mark Adkins]

Hi Gus. Cool bird. I agree the head is soft and the background has some noise that could be removed. Looks like you captured this from significantly below the bird. White spot in the backround is a little distracting.

Mark

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Guys

Thanks for your kind comments, I agree with you whole heartedly

First gave photo a couple of passes with Noiseware pro
Cloned out white spots
Using
QM I slightly selectively darkened bird & gave it a couple of passes of Smat sharpen at 35
Ctrl+E (flatten)
Then using QM selectively sharpened head
Ctrl+E
Gave photo 1 pass of Curves>default>linear contrast

CC's invited & appreciated

Uncle Gus