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Western Bluebird

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted July 31, 2017175 views2 comments

I posted an image of this female in the avian gallery shortly after I took it on one early foggy morning in late May. For this challenge, I went back and brightened the bg a bit more as well as adding a curves layer to the bluebird.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 421 mm, f/7.1, 1/320, iso 1250, aperture priority, pattern metering, +1/3 EV. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 9 MP from a horizontal original before resizing. Taken at 5:46 am on May 28th.

Your comments and critiques are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

2 comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on July 31, 2017 at 9:49 PM

Hi Dennis,
Looks good as is. This is one of those images that can be brightened up and still look OK. Pose and comp are ideal devil

........................Jim

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 1, 2017 at 9:00 AM

The details in the bird and her perch look great, Dennis. I agree with Jim that the pose and comp. are ideal. As presented here, there's still quite a bit of grey in the background. I wonder if pushing the whites slider in LR to the right might brighten that part without going too crazy in brightening the details.

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