Sandhill Chick

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I've been processing old files from 2009. This one shot in a local field Trinity Florida
Canon 40D 300mm 2.8L IS lens w2x
ISO200 f9@1/320 tipod
Not much done here but little cleanup,contrast
NR and sharpening
C&C always Thanks

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose and display of environment, the bokeh is a bit harsh did you try burning the shiny weeds in the BG?

[Mital Patel]

amazingly beautiful chick Cheryl.
Wish one day i would be able to see the chick of largest bird on our part.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

nice pose and display of environment, the bokeh is a bit harsh did you try burning the shiny weeds in the BG?

Hey Arash, You mean the weeds on the ground by the bird or far bg?

[arash_hazeghi]

far BG

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Cheryl, difficult situation to create good bokeh. Very nice head turn and details. When BG is that close to the subject, I prefer shooting wider. DOF probably would not have been adequate as the bird has his tail end towards you. toughie.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

far BG

I actually kinda like that part :) I thought it almost looked like a water color sorta kinda

[arash_hazeghi]

I actually kinda like that part :) I thought it almost looked like a water color sorta kinda

cool!

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

cool!

Thanks for th suggestion. I guess it could be a bit busy looking though

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Cheryl, I'm with you, I like the background in this one. I think it gives us a sense of the chick's environment. I love the chick's head position. Nice work!

[Arthur Morris]

I don't mind the distant background but the foreground mess is an image wrecker for me. EXP and SH good. Nicely framed. The bird looks a tad over-sharpened, over-contrasty....

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

[QUOTE=Arthur Morris;730557]I don't mind the distant background but the foreground mess is an image wrecker for me. EXP and SH good. Nicely framed. The bird looks a tad over-sharpened, over-contrasty....[

Thanks Art I went back to the start and just tweeked the contrast a tad and sharpened lightly. My mistake was sharpening after resizing the OP. Yes a bit busy and the low angle kinda worked against me.