Palm Warbler w/redo

Gallery: AvianPosted February 8, 2017300 views7 comments

Gainesville, Florida
2/7/2017 – 11:29:39 AM
Canon EOS 7D EF400mm f/5.6L USM
1/800 sec; f/7.1; ISO 640
Manual; Evaluative metering
LR5, PS6, Topaz DeNoise on background, Topaz Detail on bird, full frame

I like the way the bird stands out from the background here, and so I didn't make any lighting adjustments or do any cropping. I wanted to see what you all thought. As you know, I have no trouble doing any kind of adjustments or cropping, but when I saw this image my first thought was not to do anything to it but noise reduction on the background and detail enhancement on the bird.

Since the lighting seems to be different on my images between the larger and smaller versions, please look at the larger image if you can.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 8, 2017 at 1:45 PM

Sweet, Barbara. This works very well as posted, though I think a slight crop from the top and left to decenter the bird just a bit more and maybe removing the in-focus reed top in the lower right would make it even better, but that's just my take on it.

devil

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

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on February 8, 2017 at 2:48 PM

This is really nice Barbara. I like it as posted although cropping in a small amount will bring more focus on the bird and eliminate the area that Dennis mentioned. I think it would improve the comp some. I might even try a vertical crop to see how that looks. The light is very sweet indeed.

Registered on August 7, 2014, 125 Posts, 2319 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on February 8, 2017 at 5:43 PM

I like how the warbler pops...esp the way the light is on the head and is contrasted against the b/g. Would like a little boost of brightness to its lower half too. Well done.

Registered on September 5, 2008, 449 Posts, 2444 Comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on February 8, 2017 at 10:57 PM

Here's a repost with, I think, all your suggestions except for the vertical crop. I may try that, too, but not as a repost.

Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on February 9, 2017 at 10:23 AM

Barbara,
You sure have been busy lately posting some excellent images that has been enjoyable viewing indeed.
This one is no exception with the great light, pose, detail and I'm lovely the environmental aspect.
The repost seems a bit to similar to the original to make much difference in fact I like the original better. I believe that Dennis's suggestion was to eliminate the reed bloom on the left all together and leave all the room on the right to maintain the environment.
Well done . . . laugh

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 9, 2017 at 1:32 PM

Hi Barbara. I do like the repost, and it's about the crop I was thinking of. Whether it's any better is probably pretty subjective. The larger version of the repost is really nice.

devil

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

Comment posted by David Schoen on February 11, 2017 at 5:54 PM

Very nice lighting in this and the repost is much better crop. The only thing I would do with the repost is perhaps darken the flower in the lower left corner area as it seems to draw my attention away from the bird. Otherwise a very nice image

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