BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="paul goode" data-source="post: 1648371" data-attributes="member: 5522">A very nice image Roy. I like the size of the bird in the frame and the composition using the negative space works well especially with the bird looking into it.I think the background is a little overpowering, I'd be tempted to desaturate it a touch and possibly add a subtle vignette.Sharpness doesn't look too far off, possibly the eye could stand a little more.The birds back and top of the post are a little hot and consequently catch the eye so maybe darken those areas a touch. And on my monitor a 5 point adjustment of the black point gives the image a touch more punch.My biggest issue is with the processing. There is a clearly visible area of banding around the bird and post. I'd either look at what caused that or apply a gaussian blur layer to lose the banding.Hope thats what you were after Roy, it is a very nice image that I think could be improved a little :t:</blockquote>