by Dennis Plank
The light was getting pretty harsh for htis image, but I thought it fit with the rather worn appearance of this Curve-billed Thrasher. He came across as an old desert rat who'd been around and seen a lot of seasons.
7Dii, 500 mm f4 ISL, Jobu Gimbal on RRS legs, f/7.1, 1/2500 at iso 800, aperture priority, center weighted average metering, no compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 4X5 format (15.5MP from the original 20). Taken at the Gozoles feeding station near Portal, Arizona at 8:21 am on March 8th.
I really appreciate your comments and criticisms.
Thanks for looking,
Comments
2 commentsHi Denis
This has potential I reckon. I dont feel too adept to critisice but here goes.!
I would crop out the left hand straight twig. Try and lift the dark bits on the bird a bit. I don't use photoshop but in my cheap programme it would be highlights/shadows or manaully with a lighten/dodge brush.
Hope you don't think I am being over (find a fault ) Critical
John
He might be a bit worn but he's still a pretty cool lookin' bird. I tend to agree with John about the vertical portion of the perch and cropping it out would improve the comp IMO.