flicker

[Rita]

Here are a couple that I took yesterday of a flicker. It was up in a tree so there is a lot of leaves in the bg, wish there wasn't so much green but that's what was there. I attempted to darken the bg a bit to try and put the focus on the bird. On the first I should have had a faster SS. Of the 2 pics I far prefer second image.

Both images were at ISO 800, 300mm, f6.7, SS 1/500

C&C always welcomed.


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[deetheturk]

Beautiful Rita,#1 looks amazing!

[Rita]

Thank you David.

[Donald]

Of the 2 pics I far prefer second image

Mmm? Both good though.

On the second one - right at the front of the beak. There is a bit of a halo. Be worth re-working to get rid of that.

[teokf]

Rita, I believe you have been a good critique of yourself. I am no bird shooter so I could not offer any help on how to "de-focus" the noisy BG except for using Gausian blur in pp.
BTW, love the close up of the bird's head in the second image.

[TonyW]

These are both very nice but I prefer #1. It looks to me to be a natural background and the bird stands out well.

[Shadowman]

Very nice, both have their merits.

[JR1]

show off

[bnnrcn]

Lovely shots Rita I wouldn't worry about the BG in #1 , it is not distracting and the beautiful bird stands out very nicely.

[Brownbear]

Nice captures Rita. I especially like the 1st image for the beautiful detail and colours.

[Rita]

Thank you Steven, Tony, John,Jeremy, Binnur, and Christine.

Donald, thanks for seeing the halo. I totally missed that but I will take care of it