Love is on its way

[Grahame Hamblin]

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D800E
• 300.0 mm f/4.0
• ƒ/5.6
• 300mm
• 1/250s
• ISO 1000
• GRAHAME HAMBLIN
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• Sun, 27 January 2013 12:10 AM
• 2012 Grahame Hamblin
• Adobe Photoshop CC (Windows)

D800e 5.6 iso 1000 300mm 1/250 sec
Had this head put it into nik software and had a play Comments always welcome
Grahame

 

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Love the bokeh and the pastel hues. Very evocative.

 

[Kerry Perkins]

Very sweet image Grahame, I like the subtle colors and soft light. Reminds me of an illustration from a children's book. You might consider blending in that feature in the bg that intersects with the bird's bill, and evicting the white dot just above the eye line on the right.

 

[Norm Dulak]

Very nice, and an appropriate title. If it were mine, I might increase overall saturation a little. There also seem to be halos, particularly under the beak and by the breast. I'd try to fix that if I could, perhaps by sharpening less. But I like this. Thanks for sharing.

 

[PhilCook]

If looks could kill ! a case of beauty and the beast, or more the point...beast in the beauty.

I like it's mysterious mood...and a little bit sinister...there is one little white dot on the right of the head that needs removing

 

[Cheryl Slechta]

Grahame, the dot has been covered. I like the mysterious feel to this and especially like the placement of the dove relative to the foliage. I like the soft colors also.:S3:

 

[Grahame Hamblin]

Thank you all for your comments The only way to learn.The white dot does not appear on any of my copies, The halo around the beak I have removed as well as a little bit of foliage just to the right tweaked hue and saturation and the image looks great thank you all Grahame.

 

[Mitch Carucci]

The sharp eye is accentuated by the conrast to the softness of the fore and background. Draws attention right into the image.