hope you dont mind but i had a play with the image in cs5 (if you do say and i will remove no problem) thought it needed a little more contrast and tweaked the levels slightly to my eye
love the capture, you guys over stateside make me really jealous nowadays lol techs spot on :)
Work for me, HA seem a bit away but doesn't bother that much, you got both feet and tail visible which is nice, did well with the exposure and the perch looks really good. The background looks good also. I might crop a bit off the right.
Last edited by Thanaboon Jearkjirm; 05-10-2010 at 01:42 PM.
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The first version looks more natural to me, the colors look very close to the way female Cardinals look to my eye. I like the image, nice perch, great BG, good technique overall, I might experiment with some different crops to get the eye of the bird out of the center.
I prefer slighty more the first. On 2nd the red/orange colors look a bit too saturated, but not bad. But then again, never saw female cardinal up close like this. Certainly an interesting stick.
The crop and eye position looks good to me. Maybe a tiny bit more sharpening?
Tom
Hi Dave - the OP looks mighty fine to me - nice work on the repost Peter - a Little too much contrast for my personal tastes - just personal taste though.
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works well for me. Great compostion Very good detail Very appealing perch. I like the repost for the changes to the BG and perch but not the affect on the red portions of the bird the reds look a little too saturated.
I really like the OP. I might go for slightly darker BG, maybe half way to the re-post.
Excellent pose and great perch. Nice fine feather details. The raised crest is a plus.
Peter
I agree looking back on it, perhaps a few notches lower on the red saturation would improve it, was looking mainly at the perch and chest area when i was doing it. Quite pleased with the results in that area.
Work for You or Not? Female Cardinal
