Still learning. Please C&C

[lordbodom]

I looked out the window and saw this bird sitting in the tree. Photo is as shot and has not been edited.

shot with olympus 520 with zuiko 40-150mm lens
150mm
f 5.6
1/2000

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[Tulsa]

I would well with some post processing.

[lordbodom]

I did some editing. Is this too much? thanks again.

[Tulsa]

Better, I am not a big bird guy, but crop right past his tail feathers and just along the vertical branch on the left.

[lordbodom]

Thank you for the tips i really appreciate it. Im looking at this now from a different monitor than i had edited, and it looks a bit dark now. I might have to up the exposure a little bit.

[pcacj]

Looks great on my monitor

[creisinger]

Compared to the original the second image appears to have a purple hue to it.

The sky looks pretty real to me in the first shot, second seems off.

The sun wasn't on your side (literally) so I'd push a bit the exposure and try to brighten the shadows a bit. I think the birdie is still a bit too dark.

[matfoster]

good capture.

[DennyCrane]

I took a shot at the original picture. With curves, I brightened up the picture a little. I raised the color saturation and contrast very slightly, then applied some unsharpening mask. All adjustments were small, but together seemed to make an improvement.

[creisinger]

My suggestion: Lighten up the bird a little to get more detail. I don't care if the sky is turning out brighter as it is just about the birdie. Again, matter of taste.