Same Bird, Different pose

[Jim Poor]

This is the same Eastern Kingbird from yesterday with a better pose, but no berry.

Cloned out a stringy feather off the tail and bright spot off the top. Everything else is standard web processing.

Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION

Camera Model: NIKON D2X

Image Date: 2006:08:22 11:464

Flash Used: Yes (Strobe light detected)

Focal Length: 600.0mm (35mm equivalent: 900mm)

Exposure Time: 0.010 s (1/100)

Aperture: f/8.0

ISO equiv: 100

White Balance: Auto

Metering Mode: Matrix

Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice color,pose and details,i would clone the brunch on the right side!

[Alfred Forns]

Very nice Jim I find these images difficult to control because of all the clutter You have managed very well here The one thing I would try changing is the bold green spot lined up with its face !!!!

Might want to select the bg and blur a bit more I like this image a lot !!!!

[Jim Poor]

Thanks Al, I did desaturate the BG just a hair (forgot to mention that) but I will probably take the time to select it and blur it some more and maybe even darken it a bit too.

Just wanted to see if this pose would fall as flat as the last one first :D

[Fabs Forns]

Actually I'd crop some of the perch off the bottom, in my opinion, it would place more focus on the bird.

[Bonnie Block]

Well, Jim--nits have been mentioned--but I do like the perch of little berries. The face seems a bit dark, but could be because of the darker bg behaind it.

[Andy Nelson]

I like this as well and I do agree a crop from the bottom would emphasize the bird even more.

[Jim Poor]

Maybe more like this?