A Couple of Birds I Worked On Recently...

[jprzybyla]

Tri-colored Heron



Female Red-winged Blackbird



Eastern Phoebe

[chauncey]

To preface my remarks...great detail and PP on the birds themselves.
When you say that you've worked on them...what do you mean?
The Heron and Phoebe could use a little more space on the left, Heron's background is cluttered around the head and the Blackbird needs to have the extraneous branch removed. All that is pure nitpick.

[Shadowman]

Nicely presented.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Joe,are those real colours in #1? Just beautiful I have a question about shooting birds.If the bird is so small like #2 or #3,do you still have to focus on the eyes or is it just enough to focus on a part of the body?

[Wavelength]

Outstanding, simply ....

[Otavio]

Was starting to miss your shots, Joe!

Very nice trio, specially #3. Superb details and composition. Not sure, Joe, but it looks like some marks of background editions were left on the lower right third of the image #2. If I am right, you might want to brush them.

Very nice shots and thanks for sharing! Cheers,

[NorthernFocus]

All three are excellent, Joe. But the tri-color is REALLY nice. I like the inclusion of the moss and branches that sets the habitat. And the techs are well done as always. Nice job.

[dje]

Another very good set Joe, up there to your usual high standard. The backgrounds for these shots work very well and of course the birds are nice and sharp.

Dave

[jamn4ex]

All the above . I really like the phoebe, there is something about the perch in that shot that I like.

[FrankMi]

My first thought was 'picture perfect' and I think I'll stick with that!

[Karm Redland]

Joe, I like them all. I think the first one is spectacular and the third is creative with the bend in the branch.

karm

[Bobobird]

Beauty, beauty and beauty. What more to say?

[John 2]

The excellence continues. Nice series Joe. I was wondering where you were.

[RogerCook]

Love #1 & #3 outstanding.

[jprzybyla]

Hello Chauncey, thank you for viewing and commenting. When I say I worked on them I mean all of my images are works in progress. I revisit them from time to time as I learn more and become better at post processing. Wonders if the extraneous branch in the Blackbird is the one with flower buds on it?

[jprzybyla]

Nicely presented.

Hello John, thank you for viewing and commenting.

[jprzybyla]

Hi Joe,are those real colours in #1? Just beautiful I have a question about shooting birds.If the bird is so small like #2 or #3,do you still have to focus on the eyes or is it just enough to focus on a part of the body?

Hello Binnur, thank you for viewing and commenting. Regarding your question about focusing on the eyes on small birds, first a small bird would have to be within 10-15 feet before I would consider capturing the image. At that distance I would focus on the head, get the head in sharp focus and the eye is in sharp focus.

[jprzybyla]

Outstanding, simply ....

Hello Nandakumar, thank you, very much appreciated.

[jprzybyla]

Was starting to miss your shots, Joe!

Very nice trio, specially #3. Superb details and composition. Not sure, Joe, but it looks like some marks of background editions were left on the lower right third of the image #2. If I am right, you might want to brush them.

Very nice shots and thanks for sharing! Cheers,

Hello Otavio, thank you for viewing and commenting. You are right about remnants of removing a branch in the second image, already addressed.

[jprzybyla]

All three are excellent, Joe. But the tri-color is REALLY nice. I like the inclusion of the moss and branches that sets the habitat. And the techs are well done as always. Nice job.

Thanks Dan, very much appreciated.