Fly Pink

[Troy Lim]

I like this wing position.
As always, critiques and comments are welcome!

Manual
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 270 mm
ISO Speed: 640
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Troy, what was the rig?

[Troy Lim]

Troy, what was the rig?

Jeff,

D700 +200-400 f/4, handholding. Was in the salt water for about 2 hours.

Troy

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Nice, and at 270MM close and beautiful. I too like the wing position and the soft muted sky is a plus. Very clean putting focus on subject - strong BIF picture - congrats.

[Troy Lim]

Nice, and at 270MM close and beautiful. I too like the wing position and the soft muted sky is a plus. Very clean putting focus on subject - strong BIF picture - congrats.

Thank you Jeff. The overcast sky plus wind helped me that day. Thank you.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Troy ...salt water is good for your feet :)

Also like the wing position and pretty bg with a few clouds ... bird is also looking your way !!! Would like to see the bird a little lighter particularly around the head area. Could just do a general curves adjustment then select the head !! Excellent and like it a lot !!

[Troy Lim]

Hi Troy ...salt water is good for your feet :)

Also like the wing position and pretty bg with a few clouds ... bird is also looking your way !!! Would like to see the bird a little lighter particularly around the head area. Could just do a general curves adjustment then select the head !! Excellent and like it a lot !!

Al, will do. Thank you for the suggestions.

[Alfred Forns]

Just lighten the head area and some on the body Not a big difference but every bit helps !!

[Dave Mills]

Hi Troy, I like the image. Wing position,placement in the frame etc.As stated above I thought the image needed brightening. I used a levels adj and lightly dodged the head...
I also upped the sat about 8 pts...not much...

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Dave Do like the bump in saturation, might go a little less looks like a young bird !! ... this image is getting better and better Sweet !!!.. and started looking good !!!

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Like the repost options, image did need lighter face and the sat punch looks good as well. Image was good to start with but the post efforts are nice.

[Troy Lim]

Thanks Dave and AL.
I often have trouble deciding using Curve, Level or Dodge to lighten. Will fix it tonight. Thank you.

[Harold Davis]

the reposts are great! a couple options to choose from. i love these birds and the clouds in the bg really help make this one. not the boring blue sky.

[Troy Lim]

the reposts are great! a couple options to choose from. i love these birds and the clouds in the bg really help make this one. not the boring blue sky.

Thank you.