Waxwing -- common as muck!! +repost

It certainly is open season on these beautiful birds.

One from today in Shrewsbury mind you light was miserable.

D300 300mm 2.8 at 16500 iso800 sb800 infil

It could have been a great shot but I think you over sharpened it big time. Just reduce the sharpening and I'm sure it will be a great shot.

Edwin Kats

The pose is superb but as mentioned above it's very over-sharpened.

Paul its a great shot but as mentioned a tad over sharpened, tone it down a bit and it will improve it no end


Ian

Having re-adjusted the monitor I can see the problems clearer!!!

So toned down and no sharpening, also removed the far left berries as they distracted the eye.

thanks
Paul

Cracking shot and a great pose. I do see a bit of a halo around the bird still. Whereabouts in Shrewsbury are they, and how long have they been there? Anyway, hopefully they are heading down this way!

Paul, that's made the difference - lovely capture, although personally I find the frame a bit distracting in this shot. Cliff

Its the halos around the berrys and twigs that is the main problem with the image - it still looks way over sharpened, but it may be a high edge contrast "blooming" issue with the sensor - akin to the purple edging you sometimes get when whites blow out

Paul you have a lovely picture here but its spoilt by the processing even on the repost. The halos around the twigs are still pretty strong and you have lost a lot of saturation in the berries. Are you using any form of masking? - sometimes that can give rise to halos. My guess is that the halos appear at a particular stage in the processing (I'm assuming you start with a raw file with negligible sharpening)

Its a good pic and worth starting again from scratch.

John

I agree with the comments about the processing issues. On a positive note its nice to see a photo which clearly shows those red feathers which give this bird its English name.