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May just be me being over critical, but my only nit is that it is a bit too tight in the frame for my liking. Iis this a crop, if so try giving it about 1/2" expansion all around and then resize down - I think it just needs some more sky to fly in
Wow, what a treat, good of it to say "hi" right at the right moment.
Tim
Posted by John Chapman on April 3, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Beautiful shot.
Posted by Dawn Monrose on April 3, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Lovely shot, great detail, pose and calling too! My only thought is the white background could be better, but actually it does set the bird off quite well. Perhaps a thin border would benefit to 'contain' the image?
Its a great shot, two nits for me, I agree with Mike about the tightness of the shot, and there appears (on my monitor) to be a white halo around the bird. I'm more than prepared to accept it's my monitor, its a great shot though, well done.
Beautiful shot of a superb bird in a great pose - calling too! I like the tight crop, as any looser would mean the head would be even smaller. On a technical note,is anyone else seeing some faint white "ghosting" around the wings, especially the bottom one? It's not a halo as in oversharpening, but it is something I see quite often on my own and other images, and I don't know why it happens (maybe my eyesight of course). It's more noticable when I look at a different part of the image.
Nice sharp image and well timed , agree with nits above ,there is a halo around the bird and an eye dropper test plus with a levels adjustment it clearly shows up.
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11 repliesCanon 50D, 500mm, f4, 1/800th, iso 200, tripod.
great colours & looks pretty damn sharp, well timed !
Drew
May just be me being over critical, but my only nit is that it is a bit too tight in the frame for my liking. Iis this a crop, if so try giving it about 1/2" expansion all around and then resize down - I think it just needs some more sky to fly in
Mike
Tim
Great shot, well timed.
Phil.