Wood Stork

[Rich Reich]

Nikon D300s
ISO 200
1/3200 @ f/6.3
-1 1/3 EV
540mm equivalent focal length
monopod
Location: Naples FL 2/11//2010

This image was originally horizontal but I cropped it verticle using about 60% of the original frame.

Your comments will be appreciated. Thanks.

Rich

[Randy Stout]

Rich:

Nice portrait of this 'beauty challenged guy"

I might consider a bit of a crop from the top, and tone down the whites just a bit.

Cheers

[Dennis Zaebst]

Nice composition. Might slide the recovery slider to the right a bit to try to regain detail in the whites. Personally, I don't think you should crop from the top. It's just about right to my eye.

[Dennis Zaebst]

Oops, never mind the comment about the crop. I was inadvertently looking at Randy's version.

[Rich Reich]

Randy's crop is an improvement. I was hesitant to crop the top too much because the image frame was getting quite square but it does look much better. I'll work on the whites and see if I can recover more detail.
Thanks for the inputs.

Rich

[Rich Reich]

I've selectively tried to tone down the whites and recover more detail as well as crop per Randy's suggestion. Have I gone too far or is this an improvement?

Rich

[Randy Stout]

Rich:
It looks better to me re: whites. I had actually toned the whites in my repost down a tiny bit, but I was on my work monitor, so not as predictable.

Randy