Western Wood Pewee

[Richard Unsworth]

From Puerto Viejo Costa Rica

OOC Topaz NR to BG, resized Smart s

no crop, slight Highlight reduction

Tripod ss 1/25, low set to ground level, me on ground flat

7D 100-400 Ev 0 ISO 800 f 5.6

[Randy Stout]

Richard:

Pretty sharp at that shutter speed! Nice angle in frame, like the catchlight, well scaled perch.

The lighter area of the curving perch is a bit distracting against the dark background (high contrast). You can help it recede visually by burning it in a bit.

Cheers

Randy

[Doug Brown]

Hi Richard. Impressive sharpness for 1/25! Good comments by Randy above. I'd consider a slightly tighter crop that moves the bird a little to the left, and I might warm up the color temperature a bit.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beauty! Sharp. Good comments by Randy, and Doug stole the rest of the words out of my mouth. Here is a repost that addressed that. I lightened the midtines just a bit, then added yellows and reds in Color Balance.

[Richard Unsworth]

Thanks Doug, Randy and Daniel

thanks for taking the time to rework Daniel much improved
have some more of these taken on different days, birds are I think not residents and are quite unbothered by humans, at least in that garden