Pick of the Crop

Image Critiques Avian Critiques
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Pick of the Crop
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This Brown-eared Bulbul looks pleased to be among the first to grab one of those juicy fruits.Taken in our local arboretum last month.

Type of Critique Requested

  • Aesthetic: Feedback on the overall visual appeal of the image, including its color, lighting, cropping, and composition.
  • Emotional: Feedback on the emotional impact and artistic value of the image.
  • Technical: Feedback on the technical aspects of the image, such as exposure, color, focus and reproduction of colors and details, post-processing, and print quality.

Specific Feedback and Self-Critique

Does the blurred BG distract at all?

Technical Details

D500 + 150-600mm (@600mm) 1/1250 f8 ISO 640

Denoise, then Shadows/Highlights and light sharpening in PS.

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Awesome image, Mike. Great pose, wonderful colors, and your framing works very well. Excellent. Only change might be to clone out the branches and fruits in the upper left corner…that’s pretty minor though. Well seen.

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The background is blurred enough to where it is not a distraction. The bird looks sharp and stands apart from the background nicely. Good pose with the fruit.

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A nice pose and the bulbul goes well with the blue sky in the BG. The soft OOF branches add some additional interest to the comp. Well done…jim

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Very nice photo, Mike. The DOF seems just right IMHO giving a sense of place, and the complementary colors add to the shot.

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Really attractive image, Mike! I really like the placement of the bird on that branch above all the fruit that it has picked from.

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All said above – very nice!! I think the OOF BG elements help tie things together and are a very nice feature. I love the detail in the bird and fruits.

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