White-faced Ibis II

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Sony A850~Sony 70-400G@400mm~ISO 1250~1/1250sec~F5.6~manual exposure~HH~overcast~1-31-2011~Brazos Bend State Park, Texas~CS5
Same bird as my last image. For this one I expanded the canvas more and since the head in this image seemed as sharp (or soft) as the rest of the image I only applied smart sharpen after resizing to web size, though a bit more aggresively than the previous image. I hope it Ok that I post a screen shot of the image opened in ACR, as a reply to this post, to show where I started from. comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill

[WIlliam Maroldo]

The unprocessed image. Bill

[Colin Driscoll]

Bill, they are such great colors! Very nicely done but there is a small artefact above the wing UR.

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Thanks Colin. You have a sharp eye. I now see the artifact and it has something to do with the content-aware fill I used in the area. Sometimes CA fill does some pretty strange stuff, but on whole is works very well, and IMO it alone makes CS5 worth the upgrade price. . regards~Bill

[Robert Amoruso]

Bill,

I like the high-key look and you did well on the additional canvas. Landing wing position attractive and shows off the colors nicely.

[Stu Bowie]

The light has brought out the colours nicely, and well on extending the canvas, especially at the bottom.

[Marina Scarr]

You did a great job with this one, Bill. The crop you gave it looks good, the colors pop a tad more and it's a little sharper where it really matters. Your obvious hard work paid off.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great PP work.. nicely done..

[Josée Normandeau]

Beautiful pose, especially the wings. Love the background too.

You did a great job with that one.