This is an image from Panama last march. Can you spot someone taking a ride?
Techwise this image probably doesn't stand up to many others, but I thought the situation was worth sharing wider. I am mostly posting over in ETL and it has been a little quiet there lately.
7D
300mm +1.4
Av +.33
f/5.6
iso 800
Only about 40% of FF.
Some cleaning of bright patches in the background and some little bits and pieces on the branch.
Sweet bird and baby mantis but it looks as if you did a lot to the BKGR and got some cloning halos very close to the bird esp. near the bill.
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Beautiful pose and a cool eye on the bird, beautiful details! Really interesting to see the mantis on him!
Did you spot the bug before taking the photo or after? Anyway, great job!
The ligthter regions behind the bill and head may or may not be a sharpening halo, but it is a bit distracting, you could try defining the head with a darker green like that behind him, blended in. Also, I think a little sharpening on the bug may improve it.
Unfortunately, the background is the cause of my problems here. I will post a quick conversion of the unaltered original later on. I also wish that the tail was free from the oof element in front. Perhaps I should carry around some small steps next time :)
Subhrashis,
I remember this shot for the mantis, ticks and ants. I had taken a couple of frames from the path and saw the mantis on the lcd. I stalked into the forest for a closer look, but couldn't find a really clean view with a pleasant background, but several 6 and 8 legged friends found me. :(