Pheasant

[danielklaer]

Nice pheasant I shot while holidaying in New Zealand. C&C welcome. I got a few more otherwise acceptable shots of him but I kept missing the tip of that damn tail!

 

[danielklaer]

Any C&C? Particularly on what could be done in post?

 

[weepete]

Looks pretty good to me mate, I'd probably try and crop out the building on the right bit I do like the dof and good seperation from the background

 

[Derrel]

I ageree with weepete--just crop off the building or whatever that is on the right, and you're totally "good to go". Nice bird. It looks like a museum display.

 

[hopdaddy]

This is what my vision for your photograph would have been. Although I would have added more to the top and removed more from the bottom , I didn't wish to remove your copyright/watermark.

 

[danielklaer]

Thank you all for the replies.

Thank you Weepete and Derrel for your advice. I agree with both of you. I guess I shy away from tighter cropping but you are right, it would help the photo.

Thanks H.D. for the edit. No need to worry about the watermark, I'm not I'll do an edit to the raw tonight a bit higher up.

 

[JohnnyBlack]

I really like the photo as is uncropped, but I do enjoy a bit of background drama. Colours on the bird are great.

 

[cbarnard7]

Awesome colors!