Young female Blackbird

[*Bob*]

Ive not been able to get out to photograph much lately what with work commitments and the like, but heres a little female Blackbird I captured in my garden the other day.

 

[duncanp]

nice DOF and youve caught the early / evening sun, i cant tell which, that highlights her eye and beek, which are incredibly sharp Good Job cant hink of any criticism! :thumbup:

 

[suryad]

Very sharp!! Can you post the lens you were using? And did you post it straight from the camera or after some tweakage in PS?

 

[*Bob*]

Hi thanks,
It was taken using a little budget Sigma 70-300mm.
The image has had some "tweaking".
Firstly its been cropped and Ive messed with curves a little to bring out the feather detail slightly.
Its also had some USM and a very distracting leaf removed from the right hand side.
Also its been run through "Neat Image" just to soften up the background a little and bring the bird forward a bit after it had been sharpened.
Heres the original straight from camera uncropped and resized..

Heres the exif stuff..
Sigma 70-300mm @ 195mm
1/40thSec @ F/5.6 ISO 200

 

[wls3]

Nice shot!
Like what you did in PS also

Bill

 

[JTHphoto]

that's great PS work, but you had a beautiful photo to work with! great stuff! :thumbup:

 

[EscapeTurn]

wow, nice editing job!

 

[skiboarder72]

awesome i can't wait to get shots like this when I get this lens in a few days

 

[Calliope]

that's great PS work, but you had a beautiful photo to work with! great stuff! :thumbup:

my thoughts exactly!! Very nice!

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

brilliant as always Bob, nice PS work.. I need some lessons in Neat Image!

 

[JonK]

Beautiful shot and compo bob.

 

[M @ k o]

Awesome use of light Bob and very crisp! Nice photo.

 

[Mansi]

beautiful shot Bob! love your pp...
always a treat to view your images
thanks for sharing