A Blustery Day

Gallery: AvianPosted November 17, 2016211 views4 comments

Red-Winged Blackbird

10/29/2016 – 8:44:50 AM
Canon EOS 7D EF400mm f/5.6L USM
1/1000 sec; f/7.1; ISO 640
Manual; Spot metering
LR5, CS6, Topaz DeNoise, Topaz Detail, 64% of original

I love the way his feathers look.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 17, 2016 at 10:56 PM

Very nice capture, Barbara. Good details in the blacks as well as some well-ruffled feathers.

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 18, 2016 at 5:04 AM

Great exposure and handling of the blacks. Nice perch, bright eye, ruffled feathers, and perch.
The lighter twig might distract some, but it would be tough to remove, so i think it's fine.
But try the content-aware removal tool in CS6, if you do want to try to remove it.
Very nice work!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 18, 2016 at 4:24 PM

Beautiful, Barbara. I don't know what caused it, but the flow in the bg helps convey with windy day as much as the windblown feathers. Lovely light and a nice composition as well. The only improvement I can suggest is possible to lift the darkest blacks just a bit. I always find that a delicate operation, because if they're lifted too far, it just doesn't look real.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on November 18, 2016 at 7:36 PM

The larger detailed image really portrays the wind conditions quite well. The bird is really sharp and you did a good job with the exposure on the black feathers. I would also clone out the stick on the left.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments