Nest maintainence Spoonie style

[Nancy A Elwood]

Hi all. This is one from the day out with James. Real excited with the nesting material! Taken with the D300 and Nikon 500 f4, f7.1, 1/3200, iso 640 ec -1.33

http://pnelwood.phanfare.com/show/external/546101/766216/39756083/file.jpg

Thanks for looking and of course all C&C welcomed

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice wing position and light. The branch adds to it. I'm wondering if there is a way to get more details in the legs.

[Robert Amoruso]

Great work Nancy for the reasons Axel mentioned. If you wanted to work on the legs, select them only and do a curves adjustment.

[Nancy A Elwood]

Thanks Axel and Robert! The legs do show somewhat better detail on the bigger file, but they are a bit difficult to get right and I do struggle with them, especially with flight images.

[Brian Wong]

Hi Nancy!

Congratulations on the flight with the nesting material ... that is one huge stick! Good job with the head angle, and having eye contact. Whenever I try working on them legs ... I always struggle with darn halos ... watch for them and you will have much success!

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice as presented, Nancy, the face has great detail and colors and the perch is a big bonus.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Excllent timing Nancy and a beautiufl flght pose. The branch really makes this image for me. Big congrats !!!