Abyssinian Roller on a dry cereal field, North Senegal.
Canon 1D MkIV, Canon 800mm + 1.4x, 1/800s @ f/8, ISO 400
Abyssinian Roller
Abyssinian Roller on a dry cereal field, North Senegal.
Canon 1D MkIV, Canon 800mm + 1.4x, 1/800s @ f/8, ISO 400
Wonderful image, Ignacio. The bird's colors really pop against the beige BG - and I like the way the BG complements the beige patch on the wing. If it were mine, I would remove the cereal stem that crosses over the bird's tail. I might also shorten the cereal stem to the right of the bird.
John
Lovely image Ignacio! Agree with removing the reed crossing the tail. Would also sharpen this resized version a bit as resizing introduces some softness.
Hi Ignacio,
Love the sharpness of the 800 plus 1.4 - here is a repost with a slightly more sharpening which shows the excellent detail. Also removed the reed and saved as sRGB....
Last edited by Ofer Levy; 05-01-2011 at 11:19 PM.
Great species and capture, Ignacio! I don't mind the reed crossing the tail but I do like the repost with the added sharpening etc! Great! TFS!
Excellent repost by Ofer. This bird is truly beautiful!
John
Always find birds with long tails difficult to compose, you have done well. Very nice clean and smooth BG...Like repost for detail...Nice one
Thanks Ofer for taking the time; I seem to have developed an almost irrational fear of oversharpened images, and tend to err on the opposite side.
Can you tell me how you sharpened the repost? What software do you use?
Hi Ignacio, I selectively sharpened the bird using Photoshop CS5 - Smart Sharpen - Amount 85% radius 0.4 pxOriginally Posted by Ignacio Yufera
Cheers!
What a beautiful bird and photograph, made even better by Ofer's sharpening. The BG, light, and colors are breathtaking. TFS.
great color, wow photograph!
The repost is amazing !! The bird looks phenomenal !
A real beauty Ignacio! I like the colourful bird, sweet BG and composition. Ofers repost looks great.
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