(If backgrounds have been removed, etc. please be honest with your techniques to help others learn)
Nice setting and light. I’d like to see more of the left eye, and the brightness of the beak might be toned down.
I’m curious how you dealt with the posterization, which I assume appeared in the JPEG.
This is strong sidelight so getting more light to the eye is not easy but I did try. To deal with the banding or posterization, I used the Nik/DxO fog filter as a brush.
Nice sidelight, David. I really like the way you handled the banding. The repost looks good.
A very nice uncomplicated photo of the junco. Nice pose and the side lighting really pops up the side of the junco. Nice rich bg and I like the pumice.
Nice light on the junco. The pumice makes for a different perch and the background color looks good against the foreground elements.
Love the perch and that the bird’s tail doesn’t intersect with it. The sidelight looks good, though, as Diane mentioned, I wouldn’t mind a bit more of it. If mine, I think I’d crop up a little from the bottom.
