This picture was taken on the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon. The bird serenaded us for quite awhile- enough time for me to pull out the big lens and snap a bunch of shots. The background is the red canyon walls.
I did extensive post processing to this image. It was mostly just the usual stuff- levels, color balance, curves, saturation, but I carefully masked off the bird and branch so I could independently adjust the values for the foreground an background. I also applied a light gaussian blur to the background to remove noise and ran USM on the final, resized image.
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You now, top 30 with so many entries is still pretty good. This image certainly belongs higher but I am sure that you are happy with it as it can adorn any portfolio. Good work.
Very nice detail on this bird and I like the composition a lot, with the branch leading across the frame. Nice Bokeh too! There's a tad bit of image noise in the background, but I don't find it too distracting.
0 = Poor, 0.5 = Fair, 1= Good, 1.5 = Great, 2= Perfection
Creativity = 1.5
Composition = 2
Lighting = 1.5
Contrast = 1.5
Focus = 1.5
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Total Score = 8
Excellent shot. One of the best in the challenge so far. Great background and perfect DOF.
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