The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
I was in the “office” of our house this morning when my wife said there was a Sharpie perched above one of our bird feeding areas. I grabbed the camera, put on some slip-on boots and went out to the covered porch. It let me shoot it from there, so I went out the far door and started working up toward it. This was taken at closest approach. The background is Douglas fir trees probably 250-300 feet behind the bird.
Specific Feedback
There wasn’t much light in the eye (overcast with the bird east of me) so I brought it up quite a bit. Too much?
Technical Details
Sony A1, FE 200-600 + 1.4 TC @ 840 mm, handheld, f/9, 1/640th, iso 10,000. Noise reduction with DxO PureRaw4, processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 3248x4184 from a horizontal original. Brought up shadows, overall exposure a little, microcontrast boost to bird and some local saturation/luminosity adjustments.
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Wonderful detail in the bird, especially for the high ISO. The eye looks fine to me – I wouldn’t have thought you did anything to it. I’m surprised it let you get close – maybe it was intent on its own feeding area.
We’ve had them coming to our yard for a number of years. They usually start as first year birds coming in August and at that age, they’re pretty confiding, so they get used to the guy with one huge eye. When they come back as adults, I think they remember that they don’t need to be afraid. There have been years when I’ve actually gotten tired of photographing them.
Dennis, this is excellent! What a cooperative bird! It has a nice pose and very sharp detail, and the dark background sets off the colour palette perfectly. The eye looks fine.
Another example of the excellent noise control of DxO Pure Raw.
Wow, what a portrait. The background couldn’t be better, I’m impressed with 10,000 ISO, cleaned up so beautifully.
And the subject just pops, so much detail.
The eye looks great, no problems at all.
Gorgeous! Bravo!
Very nice Dennis, an excellent portrait. Details and tones look great as does the eye. Nice for the bird to use a perch with such an excellent background. Well done.
