Sting Remover Bee Eater

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9 replies

Posted by Barry Southon on June 1, 2012 at 10:18 AM

Bee eater
800mm 1dmark III
f5.6 , iso 800 1/2000
A short visit to Italy has produced a wealth of species whilst in the hide this was one of the first to drop in.

Critique, Comments and advice most welcome.

Thanks for looking.

Posted by PhilH on June 1, 2012 at 10:21 AM

Excellent Barry, I like this, the size of the bird and the comp are just right for my taste, maybe a touch dark on the processing...

Posted by Barry Southon on June 1, 2012 at 10:32 AM

Hi Phil ,

The darkness is a problem which i'm struggling to find a solution I think its the sRGB conversion which I:m missing ?

Posted by PhilH on June 1, 2012 at 10:40 AM

The repost is certainly more vibrant... I believe you use Lightroom, if so it might be an idea to lift the shadows a touch...

Phil

Posted by Matt Cole on June 1, 2012 at 10:55 AM

very nice Barry. I also like the comp and the repost looks better in terms of processing. Nice to get a bee in the beak too.

Matt

Posted by keith mitchell on June 1, 2012 at 11:25 AM

Barry that is a great looking bird,bird ,prey and a nice bg looks good,dark nit already covered.

Keith..

Posted by David Sewell on June 1, 2012 at 12:08 PM

Minor nit covered, but what a great bird. Looking forward to more from this site.

David

Posted by Paul Whippey on June 1, 2012 at 7:21 PM

Very nice Barry, lovely plumage and BG. Definitely something going on with the colour profile. The first image is Adobe RGB, the second is untagged RGB. So something going on with your conversion to sRGB as you have said.

Posted by Bob Johnson on June 3, 2012 at 8:45 AM

Super pose Barry

Bob

Posted by Nick Mckeown on June 3, 2012 at 5:12 PM

What a stunning bird Barry! The repost does more justice to the bird but I find the Bg colours vying a little too much for my attention. perhaps de-saturate the BG slightly but leave the bird as is?

Nick.