# Perched Anna's **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** birds\ **Created:** [April 2, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/perched-annas/5335 "2019-04-02T15:47:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/perched-annas/5335/1 "2019-04-02T15:47:16Z")
### What technical feedback would you like if any? Any ### What artistic feedback would you like if any? Any ### Pertinent technical details or techniques: I got this shot from my deck of a hummer sentinel guarding a feeder perched on a cool pine tree formation. I’m endlessly fascinated by the interaction of the sun and their feathers. It is perched on a single pine needle! D500, Nikon 2-500 lens, 1/2500th, f/5.6, ISO 560, 500mm, cropped to 1207 x 1408, hand held, AI Clear ![Hummert](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/2X/7/7e424ddf145a2b40218fe01e5b5fd5715c5fd71f.jpeg) ###### If you would like your image to be eligible for a feature on the NPN Instagram (@NaturePhotoNet), add the tag ‘ig’ and leave your Instagram username below. ##### **_You may only download this image to demonstrate post-processing techniques._** ---
**Author:** ![Adhika\_Lie](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/adhika_lie/32/15928_2.png) [@Adhika\_Lie](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Adhika_Lie)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/perched-annas/5335/2 "2019-04-02T17:09:59Z")
Whoa, this is very well exposed and I love the whole image design, Dave. I think the BG is super nice: a very good contrast with the texture of the subject. PS. I am not sure why but when I click the image to view it large, there is something wrong with the image being displayed. Maybe @Dennis_Plank or @Sandy_Richards-Brown can help… if I click the image on the post above, and click it once again, is that viewing the image at 100% or some other resized version of the image? ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/perched-annas/5335/5 "2019-04-03T00:14:18Z")
Hi Adhika. Clicking the image resizes it for your screen, clicking the second time resizes it for the size at which it was uploaded. On the old system, I used to set different limits on my horizontal and vertical pixel count in my Lightroom Export script. With this feature, I just leave it at 1600 pixels for both, so people can blow it up to see finer details, should they wish to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/perched-annas/5335/6 "2019-04-03T00:22:37Z")
A nice image of the Anna’s, Dave. I like the perch and background. I do think a touch more room on the left would help the composition. The breast of the hummer looks “smeary” to me. I’ve seen that from a combination of noise reduction and sharpening gone awry. It would be interesting to see a jpeg output of the straight cropped raw image to see what the breast looks like there-it might help figure out what’s going on. I do suspect that it’s processing as the whole image has a slightly overprocessed look. AI clear can be tricky to use. One thing I noticed about it is that if I’m processing more than one image in succession and I pull up Topaz Studio in Photoshop, the previous action from the last image is automatically applied to the current image and I have to go over to the right side and delete it then have it redo whatever I want. I discovered it applying AI Clear three times at one point and the results remind me somewhat of this. ---
**Author:** ![Lyle\_Gruby](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@Lyle\_Gruby](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Lyle_Gruby)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/perched-annas/5335/7 "2019-04-03T01:15:00Z")
Bird, perch, light, and background are beautiful. Perch is unique. Looks to me like the image quality has suffered quite a bit from a big crop. Since this is in your backyard, you could probably get the same shot but with better IQ by getting closer. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/perched-annas/5335/8 "2019-04-03T20:22:18Z")
This image is real nice but I’d like to see it with a little less saturation, especially in the blue sky.