Anna's Overhaul

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Greetings. Caught this Anna's in the shadows, backlit & exposed for bg... Overhauled color & lighting with LAB curves, no flash...



D3 200f2+TC20EIII (400mm) 1/1600 @ f/5.6 ISO800, -0.67EV (er, supposed to be in the light ), no flash, HH, cropped to about 60% remaining
Substantial LAB curves for tone, Topaz InFocus (slight adjustment), sharpening

Thanks for looking, all comments appreciated.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[wendell westfall]

Michael, caught at the perfect moment,I've never been able to catch one in this pose. On my monitor it looks a bit soft and faded . . .

[jack williamson]

Hi Michael, the bird looks a little dark but I like the pose and the background. The head looks pretty

sharp for hh and no flash. I like the subtle colors in this one.

Jack

[gail bisson]

Lovely pose and flowers. It looks like your critical focus was on the pinkish throat feathers as the head is a bit soft. I like the wing blur and the Bg. Overall a good shot.
Gail

[dankearl]

I like it, a bit more contrast would help I think as it is a bit flat to me.
Nice pose.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Wendell, Jack, Gail, Dan,

Thanks much for the comments. It does look a little flat... (posting it in AdobeRGB probably didn't help much)... Hopefully this is an improvement:



additional pp - detail, color & luminance contrast, sharpening, nr...

Cheers,

-Michael-