Mob scene

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crows don’t really like raptors very much. This one having a discussion with the bald Eagle. This is taken several years ago I think. this was recently reprocessed.
Crows are really difficult to get any detail and in this situation where it’s kind of dark, I’m afraid the crow doesn’t stand out as much as it should. Anybody have any ideas?

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anything useful

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I just don’t remember details.

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I think the crow stands out just fine, David. I’d be tempted to darken it just a bit, but I like my black birds darker than a lot of people. I’m not sure what your RAW processing was, but it looks like there’s a bit of chromatic aberration fringe on the very top of the eagle’s head. You might check to see that the lens corrections are turned on in your raw processor. LR seems to want to default to off on me. It’s under the lens corrections section way down in the processing menu.

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This is a fine behavioral image David. Crows are tenacious birds, but his antics don’t seem to be working on the eagle.

The crow stands out nicely for me but I was wondering if perhaps you could make a small, very subtle vignette around the crow to draw the viewers eye. Maybe flattening the contrast around the crow? Just thoughts.

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Nice capture, David. Actually, I thought there was pretty good detail and color in the crow. The eagle looks good as well. A nice interaction shot. The eagle doesn’t seem too concerned with the crow. The green fir needles provide a nice setting as well.

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HI David
I am surprised the Eagle is putting up with Crow. I all works for me.
Peter

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I think that both the Eagle and the Crow stand out just fine. I would suggest both desaturating and softening the background foliage somewhat to give greater emphasis to the birds. I love watching these smaller birds like crows harass the raptors.

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This looks great, David. If you wanted a little more “pop”, try darkening just the baldie, and then subdue the bright greens a bit as well.
Fine as is, though.

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My first reaction was to laugh! Crows are so annoying. I agree with the comments about darkening. Cool shot!