Hello Cathy, what a handsome bird and well captured. I like the pose and head angle. I feel the image could be a bit sharper, probably just needs a bit more sharpening. I'm reading a strong green color cast to the image, so I took the liberty of doing a quick color balance adjustment in PS to bring out some blue and red plus a light round of sharpening. I would add a catch light, something that often goes missing on an overcast day.
"It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart, and head." - Henri Cartier Bresson
Hi Kerry - Welcome back--so glad your surgery was a success. Loved your snow geese posts! I like the color adjustments you made to the willet
--makes the image pop a bit more. I have several more taken the same day--some with two of them in some very funny poses that I will work on. Thanks for your suggestions--they are very much appreciated.
Love this species the issue here is detail, image is a bit soft. I believe the Nikon kit can support higher ISO ranges as you know when you double the ISO a stop of light is gained. Probably a faster shutter, better panning technique or tripod might have made the shot stronger- do you carry a flash. I am assuming this was hh, nice job controlling the background it is clean and muted. I might take a small layer off the bottom as well. Excellent low shooting angle and the composition is nice - the cloudy day did not help the sharpness any, on balance nice pic.
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 01-05-2012 at 11:54 PM.
The Willet Strut
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