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House Wren

by Ralph Kerr

Gallery: AvianPosted July 8, 2014537 views2 comments
Haven't posted in a while. Extended family health issues, as some of you have experienced as well.

Regarding the composition, I did center the bird so the shadow on the Aspen Tree is included in the picture. There is a bit of haloing due to the large crop and sharpening. As always, your comments appreciated.

1DIV, EF600 + 1.4, f7.1, 1/1000, ISO 800, Tripod, >50% crop.

Comments

2 comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 8, 2014 at 8:04 PM
Beautiful image, despite the minor issues that you mentioned, Ralph. the composition is superb as is the lovely detail in the bark. I really like the presence of the shadow.

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Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 9, 2014 at 12:13 PM
Good to have you back, Ralph. A strong shot, but I'd urge reprocessing to eliminate the halo. A heavy crop shouldn't create a halo, but oversharpening certainly can. You don't say what your sharpening tools were, but you might take a look at Nik's Viveza, distributed by Google. Much less prone to haloing at reasonable levels of application.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments