Larry, I'm not much of a critic, but the biggest thing I'd have done with this shot is try and get the bird when it was clear of the reflection from the bank. In my opinion, the brown bird against the "brown" water takes away from the shot. She would have appeared more dramatic against a lighter background. I denoised the red and green channels a little to clean up the dark background above the bird, applied a 0.5 radius unsharp mask, and adjusted the color curve to brighten it up a bit. (I use Gimp on a Linux machine for post processing.) Here's my result -- not that it's any better than yours; just a little different. Jay p.s. It helps if you include exif data so we can see your camera settings. On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Larry Pace <larrypace64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi guys > > This Mid-Delta (Cleveland and surrounds)photographer needs some really good > advice on bird photography. I thought that I was progressing fairly well > over the last couple of years, but looking at really good bird photos on > several online galleries (Ronnie Gaubert, now deceased, from Prairieville, > La being one) quickly proved that to be WRONG. > > I shoot with a Canon 50D and a Canon 100-400 zoom . The biggest problem I > have is sharpness and the shots never seem to have that punch I see in other > photos. From all the experience that you all have had, I need suggestions. > What works for you? > > I am looking forward to sharing photos and info about places to photograph, > etc. with everyone. > > Help me with this photo--advice anyone. > > Larry Pace > >
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