Rufus Tailed Jacamar+repost.

Nikon D4
Nikon 300ml 2.8 +1.4 conv
1/1000@f6.3 iso 2000.
Another from my Tobago trip .
Thanks for looking and your comments on my last post.

Hi Keith, if it was me, I would go for a portrait and cut a lot of the space out, allowing more focus on the subject, providing you have IQ. I like the iridescence colours, but I feel you need to lift the darker/shadow areas around the head, bill & chest, but avoid blowing the whites, however you may increase any noise!! Makes a change to look up at the subject rather than down. I would also suggest selectively toning the green leaves a wee bit, do they glow in the dark? If they are like the Humming birds they are really sweet and fabulous to see/watch and small too.

Personally I would have got the exposure right on the subject and worried about the BKG later at PP stage.

TFS
Steve

Thanks Steve different crop and I have lifted the dark part of the breast don't think the green leaves bothered me a lot think if I do a lot more I will spoil the whole thing
Keith.

That's fine Keith, any more and noise will really start to show. Would run some NR on the BKG. Leave the vegetation, but might look at some gardening top left :-) VWD.

Just remember sRGB 100 lines please 'I must...'

Repost looks a lot better on my iPad.

David

I think you can tease a bit more out of this yet, l find the background sandbank a bright and dominating, try the following contast reduction methodology as follows....

duplicate layer,
convert to B&W,
invert,
Guassian blur 6%,
set to overlay mode and 75% (or to taste)

This will lighten the dark feather detail as well

Thanks for that Mike.

Nice shot Keith, repost for me, I have to say my favourite is the one you posted on your flickr

Oscar

Portrait for me. Good tip from Mike but 75% might be a bit strong ;)

Re-post for me too Keith, boy would that look great at my garden feeding station!


Nick.