The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
I noticed robins eating the berries from our manzanita trees so I managed this capture of one.
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Cropping? Anything?
Technical Details
Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/800th, f 9.0, 1065mm, ISO 5000, cropped to 2825 x 3310.
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The composition looks fine, Dave, and I love the pose of the robin with the berry in its beak. You might want to go back to the raw file and work on the highlights. There’s a completely blown white patch on the throat and I think you could bring out more texture in the plumage on the cheek. A fine shot of this activity and the background is very nice.
There’s a lot of energy in this shot and it stands out more effectively than a static pose. Dennis brings up a good point about the possibility of recovering some detail in the highlights. Maybe starting with a linear profile would help by flattening the curve that many RAW editors automatically put on images. Never hurts to try.
