Tree Swallows are battling for nesting territory. This is a tough exposure - I used levels and curves layers. Camera Nikon D200 Lens Nikon 300mm 2,8 plus 2XTC ISO 250 Exposure Manual 1/400s at f5.6 Meriting Mode Matrix RAW format 80% of the original Thank you for looking and commenting
You did great with the exposure David !!!! The light was your nemesis here !!! With the bird partly in shadows is not easy I think you did very well in PS
For these the best solution is fill flash Does help a lot !!!
Like the details color and BG. Agreed with Alfred, fill flash would really help. You can use quick masks of layer masks to tame the contrast, without them levels and curves are really handicapped.