Northern Parula.

[Jack Backs]

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D500
• 500.0 mm f/4.0
• ƒ/6.3
• 700mm
• 1/1600s
• ISO 640
• Jack Backs
• 38.730469816667
• -90.778638916667
• Fri, 09 April 2021 9:19 AM
• Copyright 2020 Jack Backs, All rights reserved.
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.2 (Windows)

Man is it nice to have some warblers back in town. Basically full frame. Removed a couple OOF branches.
Very little sharpening applied with DeNoise. Straight size reduction. Audio employed. Taken yesterday.
Nikon D500, 500mmF4VRII, TC-14EIII
f6.3, 1/1600s, iso640

 

[Jonathan Ashton]

Good shot but I feel it is oversharpened and a little too much contrast, the image appears "heavy" to me.

 

[Dorian Anderson]

Such a beautiful little bird! I think Jonathan nailed it with his comments. Bird looks crunchy and heavy for the reasons he stated. He's also a bit tight in the frame, so I'd give him a bit of breathing room.

 

[Brian Sump]

Jack, also in agreement. It feels a bit oversaturated and dense in the detailed areas.

That said, the bkg is very nice, perch focus is even from L to R and feet are also IF so I think you have a really nice starting point here. Might be worth re-working.

 

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Agree with the comments. I think this could be revisited.

 

[John Mack]

You were close to this little one. Love the colors on the bird.

 

[Arthur Morris]

• NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D500
• 500.0 mm f/4.0
• ƒ/6.3
• 700mm
• 1/1600s
• ISO 640
• Jack Backs
• 38.730469816667
• -90.778638916667
• Fri, 09 April 2021 9:19 AM
• Copyright 2020 Jack Backs, All rights reserved.
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.2 (Windows)

Late to the party but revisited the image. Added canvas right and above, fixed the branch mess with a Quick Mask, and reduced the contrast with a reverse S curve. Was too dense but not any more.

with love, artie

 

[Arthur Morris]

ps: sharp image but not a fan of the hunched over posture.

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