One of the most fascinating species that I have had the pleasure to observe, normal perch is barbed wire fencing 99 out of 100. Its flight pattern is gravity defying lurching movement with tail spread.
Canon 1D3 Canon 800mm through vehicle window using a bean bag no other choice.
1/125sec f/16 (an error) ISO400 shot in RAW to lightroom then PS4 to resize to post.
Still looks to be front focussed the foreground twigs are the plane of focus not the subject (even at F16....).
Have you added the vignetting effect or is this another issue with your combination it looks horrible. Raising the brightness, a dose of noiseware and removing the vignetting improves the image no end, but it is still not critically sharp
A combination of the original images composition but with the brightness of the re-post would my choice. The re-post shows off the birds soft, pastel colours superbly.
Thanks guy's just what I was trying to invoke. I see no point in posting my best sharpest result only to be told its good that way I learn very little.
The critique of mistakes is a far quicker learning curve.
This is an attractive looking bird Barry. I agree with the others that it is way too dark, so I would brighten it up considerably, then I would apply noise reduction to the bg only, using layers. I must admit I am not a fan of the vignette, but if it is something you have added and you like it, that is fine. Even so I would at least move the bird so that it is more central in the bright oval part of the image. Normally I would like to see the bird to the left looking across the frame as you have it, but the whole point of the vignette is to focus the eye on the bird, so you might as well put it in the middle and be done with it.
Hope this is of use. Eric
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5 repliesCanon 1D3 Canon 800mm through vehicle window using a bean bag no other choice.
1/125sec f/16 (an error) ISO400 shot in RAW to lightroom then PS4 to resize to post.
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Thanks for looking.
Still looks to be front focussed the foreground twigs are the plane of focus not the subject (even at F16....).
Have you added the vignetting effect or is this another issue with your combination it looks horrible. Raising the brightness, a dose of noiseware and removing the vignetting improves the image no end, but it is still not critically sharp
The critique of mistakes is a far quicker learning curve.
Hope this is of use.