Took image at +1 step using a file size of 3M. Post editing - Adjusted subject exposure, color balance and saturation. Extracted the background and applied a gaussian blur. Dodged the titmouse, then burned in the feather details. Resaturated the red cellophane to redder, and adjusted contrast by 15. Changed resolution to 106, resized, and sharpened focus.
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Place: 173 out of 244 Avg (all users): 5.1111 Avg (commenters): 5.8000 Avg (participants): 5.0088 Avg (non-participants): 5.2083 Views since voting: 882 Views during voting: 318 Votes: 234 Comments: 9 Favorites: 0
Hi June, just realized I didn't leave you a comment on this before. I really liked the creative composition and idea here. One of the most original. Gave it a 7. I would have voted it higher if there didn't seem to be a lot of confusion as to what to focus on. For one, I think the red "burst" should have been in better focus as it's part of the main picture elements. I think the spotted background could be interesting if it was more evenly covered. Not sure the gaussien blur helped. And where there are spots that show up through the red ... would have been better to clone them out IMO.
This photo suffers from having the majority of the photo out of focus. The cellophane is colorful, but not interesting. The stick that the bird is on really divides up the photo, which I don't think helps. I think the focus is the biggest issue with the shot, though.
I really like your subject and creative composition here. One thing that detracts for me is the apparent artifacts/bleeding around the objects in the shot. Not sure if this was intentional?
great photo of a bird- often hard to catch with such accuracy. However, what is your "Upside down" red burst suposed to represent? I think if you had made the message clearer, it would have improved. nice job overall.
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