Blacksmith Plover

A beautiful reflection image, Steve.  Good exposure of the blacks and whites.  My only suggestion might be to add some canvas on the left to help decenter the bird horizontally.

This is a fine image and excellent reflection, Steve.  I would agree that decentering would help.  My only other suggestion is to try to soften the distinct sharpening halo particularly along the upper edges of the bird.

Beautiful. A perfect reflecion.  It is great as it is.  I lke the sliight off center.  

One of my favorite birds, captured very well.
I agree to move it off-center, and work on the halos a bit.
Very nice image!
Sandy

This image is almost perfect--some sharpening artifacts are present.  The abstraction of light and dark patterns  is the strong element  in the comp, I would leave the comp as is......................Jim

These birds are not easy with that black/white contrast.  I think that you have handled that really nicely but I would like a little more on the left.

These birds are not easy with that black/white contrast.  I think that you have handled that really nicely but I would like a little more on the left.

Ouch.... this is great ! Love the species, and the image is perfect ! Personally I wouldn't change a thing. Congrats ! Hans

This is a very nice image.  You have handled the difficult b&w feathers well.  With respect to the sharpening halos in this image and with respect to sharpening issues in some of your other images, I think you should take a serious look at TK Actions sharpening algorithms.  This is the best sharpening for web images I have ever used.  Tony Kuyper is an NPN member and his action is part of his luminosity mask panel.  I think the whole deal is the best $28 I have ever spent.