Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 27, 2011 at 10:41 PM
Sweet, Dave. I love the pose and what I'd guess is nesting material in the beak. Excellent lighting and bg. I think I'd run some noise reduction on the bg.
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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 27, 2011 at 11:11 PM
Nice pose and setting. A bit over-sharpened IMO.
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 28, 2011 at 12:34 AM
Great little bird, nice pose, and interesting "crumbs."
The large version has quite a bit of noise, and is fairly soft - likely a large crop - maybe more than the pixels can handle.
I don't know the canon 100-400's, but most lenses are not very sharp at the longest zoom. Pulling back 10-20mm has made a big difference in sharpness for me.
Sandy
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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 28, 2011 at 6:53 AM
I like the overall comp David. I see the BG noise and would run some NR if this were mine. The bird does look a bit over sharp. I suggest backing off on the crop a bit and applying less sharpening. I think the IQ would be improved.
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Comment posted by David E Lester on September 28, 2011 at 5:42 PM
Yes, I forgot to mention is was a heavy crop, took out about 80% of image. These little critters are hard to get close too, so I got what I got.
I did as suggested, reduced noise and hardly any sharpening at all, only about 20% in CS5. I also tried to bring out eye detail a little more.
Thanks for your input.
Dave
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Comment posted by May Haga on September 28, 2011 at 7:27 PM
Nicely done David. I think the repost is even better.
May
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 28, 2011 at 7:44 PM
Great shot David, nicely exposed and I like your BG.
You've received some good tips from everyone, so enough said..
Good improvement on the repost.
Well done!
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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 29, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Nice pose and good light on the bird David. I think it helped to pull back on your crop in the repost.
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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 2, 2011 at 1:00 AM
The repost is a considerable improvement, Dave. These little flycatchers are usually pretty confiding. I've had Black Phoebes hwk bugs from my telephoto lens...
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9 commentsThe large version has quite a bit of noise, and is fairly soft - likely a large crop - maybe more than the pixels can handle.
I don't know the canon 100-400's, but most lenses are not very sharp at the longest zoom. Pulling back 10-20mm has made a big difference in sharpness for me.
Sandy
I did as suggested, reduced noise and hardly any sharpening at all, only about 20% in CS5. I also tried to bring out eye detail a little more.
Thanks for your input.
Dave
May
You've received some good tips from everyone, so enough said..
Good improvement on the repost.
Well done!