Portrait of Asian Brown Flycatcher

Digiman · 15th December 2004

I've decided to crop close so that the true beauty of this bird can be appreciated.

Jeff · 15th December 2004

Wah, can see u r addicted to portrait shots liaoh.

I saw a perch bottom left. Is it a twig/branch? Could you include that too?

As a side note, the feathers on its wings looks a little weird on my screen. Looks a bit hard, maybe it's the way light is reflected off the crystallites in the feathers. Try applying some noise reduction, u will love that silky smooth colors.

joeyao · 15th December 2004

Wow! another reason to get the 20D

Newguy69 · 16th December 2004

Well done, well done.

Cheers

Garion · 16th December 2004

Good try there, but find the piece of wood at the bottom left corner a little distracting, maybe you could leave it out altogether. Lighting is a bit harsh too, judging from the chest feathers, you could underexpose by say -1/3-2/3 stop to reduce the 'glare' effect from the bird's chest (and perhaps revealing more detail too).

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Digiman Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,235	Portrait of Asian Brown Flycatcher I've decided to crop close so that the true beauty of this bird can be appreciated.

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Newguy69 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Third rock from the Sun Posts: 1,773	Well done, well done. Cheers __________________ The place where I can spread my wings, and soar the sky at dawn - I belong

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Garion Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: West side of S'pore Posts: 5,513	Good try there, but find the piece of wood at the bottom left corner a little distracting, maybe you could leave it out altogether. Lighting is a bit harsh too, judging from the chest feathers, you could underexpose by say -1/3-2/3 stop to reduce the 'glare' effect from the bird's chest (and perhaps revealing more detail too). __________________ [ deviantart selections \| Photoblog ]

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Jeff Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 2,513	Wah, can see u r addicted to portrait shots liaoh. I saw a perch bottom left. Is it a twig/branch? Could you include that too? As a side note, the feathers on its wings looks a little weird on my screen. Looks a bit hard, maybe it's the way light is reflected off the crystallites in the feathers. Try applying some noise reduction, u will love that silky smooth colors.

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joeyao Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 755	Wow! another reason to get the 20D