Fencing - C & C Welcome

[leslie1283]

As Singapore is a small country, there are not many places to shoot wildlife in Singapore.

One of the most popular one is Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (Sungei is river in Malay), which is located at North-West of Singapore.
During my last visit, I saw four milky storks at observation hub 1C of Route 1. Two of them were fencing and I managed to catch them.
I believed the score is 1-0 as indicated by the falling feather.

#1

[mugge]

I like the fighting storks I would crop the foreground a bit, particularlly what looks like a bottle or cup of something. I am not sure about the falling feather but that is only my opinion
Ole

[bnnrcn]

Hi Leslie. I like the image , it tells a story If it was mine I would clone the falling feather and the bluish thing in the FG, and also I would correct the WB a bit because the whole image looks a bit yellowish.

[Shadowman]

Nice concept.

[Rebel]

It has got a lot of potential, I agree with the others... I think you should clone out that bottle (or crop) and the feather. It also has a bit of a yellow tint to me?

[leslie1283]

Ole, Thx for viewing

[leslie1283]

Binnur, Thx for viewing & the suggestion.

[leslie1283]

John, Thank you.

[leslie1283]

Matt,
Thx for viewing & your suggestion.

#2

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Leslie,

The second is better, although still looking yellow and about a stop too bright, so if you were up for another attempt: try reducing the exposure and fixing the white balance. Entirely optional though.

I really like the way we see the left bird's eye through the black primary flight feathers at the end of the wing.

Good capture, well done, Dave

[IzzieK]

The framing is spot on here as well as the removal of the little bottle of yakult...or whatever that was. Now you can concentrate on the yellowish tint to make this perfect. Sometimes I wish life is like that too when we sort of need a delete button to undo something...isn't post processing better than life?

[bnnrcn]

Hi again Leslie. Your edit looks better . IMO yellowish color still needs fixing

[leslie1283]

Binnur,

Is it better now?


#3

[leslie1283]

Izzie,

Good say

[leslie1283]

Dave Humphries,

Thanks for your advice.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Leslie, IMO it looks much better If it was mine I would also reduce the highlights in the water selectively but it is up to you really