Doing the twist

[Tom Barry]

IMG_6494 by tombarry975, on Flickr

[Stagecoach]

Another good one, you're having some fun with these.

[Dave Humphries]

That's a stunner Tom, well done.

If mine, I would have cropped 10% of right hand side and 5% off bottom edge, but that's just me.

Cheers,
Dave

[Tom Barry]

Thanks, Grahame, and Dave, for the kind words.

[Manfred M]

I agree with Dave on the crop. I would also look at pulling the belly area of the bird down a touch (burn it down) as it seems a touch too "hot".

[tbob]

Will the shot sustain an even tighter crop? Except for the central breast, the details are sharp and the colour excellent. I find myself wanting to get a closer look.

[xpatUSA]

Will the shot sustain an even tighter crop?

Maybe not too much tighter than Manfred's, Trev, bearing in mind the image lore that moving things need some space to move into. Even though the bird is perhaps hovering, it is pointing straight at camera left.

[Tom Barry]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. The central hot spot bothered me, too. I’m afraid there is no detail there. So maybe some cloning would help, but I’m not very skilled at that...

[Manfred M]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. The central hot spot bothered me, too. I’m afraid there is no detail there. So maybe some cloning would help, but I’m not very skilled at that...

If you shot this in raw there is likely enough to work with. I'm not sure as to which raw convertor you are using, but in Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw, push the Highlights slider to the left, probably quite far and chances are you will recover the details in the belly area.

[Tom Barry]

I mostly use the converter in the Adobe CC version of Photoshop. I’ll give it a whirl.

[Tom Barry]

I re-processed with reduced highlights and a little less saturation, and also altered the cropping. I think the changes helped:
IMG_6494A by tombarry975, on Flickr

[xpatUSA]

I re-processed with reduced highlights and a little less saturation, and also altered the cropping. I think the changes helped:
IMG_6494A by tombarry975, on Flickr

Good job well done, Neighbor!

[Manfred M]

I re-processed with reduced highlights and a little less saturation, and also altered the cropping. I think the changes helped:

Much better Tom. The details in the feather, especially on the belly and tail have been brought out very nicely.

Well done!

[Wavelength]

It is as if, the bird is showing off!!! great capture.