Beautiful job on the Anna’s, David. I see what you mean about the perch. Could you post a jpeg of it before you processed the perch-it might be instructive to see what you had to work with to see if someone can come up with a different approach. Either that , or if you have the RAW file available, you could post it in the Processing challenge.
I don’t have a JPEG I can send you, but I will say that much of the perch was way too bright and shadow in the background. Lot of it was out of focus.
I did what I could with what was available…
David - a fine shot! Nice detail, bright eye, great pose, and the perch and BG look fine.
There is a small selection aberration on the edge of the head above the eye that could be cleaned up.
Nice catch!
You caught a very nice pose with a bit of wind-ruffled feathers for interest. And very nice sharpness on the tiny feathers.
I often have perches that are too bright. I’ve found that Nik Viveza can mask them very nicely and let me darken the area, with a “no change” mask on the nearby BG to hold it where it was. But it looks like you also did other work on the BG – was it really that bad? Would a partial change have worked better overall?
David, I realize, in looking at this closer, that the little whitish area on the head that I thought was an aberration, is actually a whitish feather. Sorry!
Great image!
Wonderful catch, David. I like the head turn and excellent soft background. Terrific image.
There were several male Anna’s at the local wetlands over the spring and summer. I named them Andy 1, Andy 2, and Andy 3…can’t call the males Anna can you?
