Hill Blue Flycatcher

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

D700
300mm f/2.8G VR II with TC-20E III
600mm
ISO 1600
f/6.3 at 1/125s
Manual mode
Matrix Metering
AF-C, Single (Single was unintentional)
Auto white balance
Tripod

Cropped from 4256x2832 to 1388x2041

Lighten, linear burn on the chest, curve, increase vibrance, blur background, NR and sharpen.

Male Hill Blue Flycatcher. The background is a bit busy.

All comments and suggestions are welcome.

[Chuck Fritsch]

I see what you mean about the background. Maybe you could darken it a bit. Great pose.

[Gary Esman]

Nice pose and a beautiful bird. Agree with toning down the background a little. Nice perch.

Gary

[Richard Unsworth]

Nice bird

bit tight on the left; if mine i would desat yellow in BG to tone down, lso needs a bit more space to right if you have it

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Thanaboon, I like the softer colours on the flycatcher, and you have captured a super pose. I like the crocked perch, and agree toning down the BG will work.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Lovely colours on this bloke. I would tone down some of the brighter parts of the bird as well - needs some midtone contrast IMHO.

[James Salywoda]

Beautiful bird excellent detail and I like the bg a very nice composition as presented.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Thank you all for the comments and suggestion.

Here is the version with darken and desaturate yellow background, linear burn some more, a little looser crop and increase midtone contrast.