Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

[Tom Rambaut]

This guy landed on my balcony the other day - new lens and have started using flash.

1D MK4, 70-300 L 5.6 @ 236, 1/160 @ 5.6, ISO 800, Flash @ -1 2/3 with BB.

Thanks, Tom

[Ryan Schain]

I like the pose, background, and sharpness. I think the whites should be taken down the tiniest bit, and I wish the bird was looking more towards you, and not slightly away.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice portrait. The lnes you just got is a great one.
I would select the bird not including the beak and would apply linear burn in layers
to bring out more details from the white, including the yellow on the cheek.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Neat alert pose, and nice BG. Had you had time I think this would have been good to flip the camera as a vertical and zoomed out more. Still nice as is, quite the happy looking individual. Whites look good, but just wish for a bit more shadow detail within.

[Tom Rambaut]

Nice walk around lens - Isold some gear to buy it - no more landscapes

I may pull the whites back a bit. Good idea Daniel - as soon as the flash went off he flew off so no vertical.

[adrian dancy]

Daniel's comments are spot on ...nice work.

[Arthur Morris]

Sweet and simple seems to be today's theme. Love the bird and the BKGR. Ran a 40% Details Extractor (NIK CEP) and followed that with some painted in 15% Linear Burn on the remaining bright WHITEs. Tried not to overdo it....

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. I love the background, exposed very well, and Mr Morris repost really improved an already great pic.
Well done.

[Tom Rambaut]

Like the detail you have brought out AM.

[Arthur Morris]

Like the detail you have brought out AM.

Not me. NIK Color Efex Pro and a Linear Burn. Fore a Color Efex Pro tutorial click here.