Congratulations on an excellent entry and a very good final placement. I love the shot: the colors, the crop, the subject, the focus. I think the background is perfect. What a funny and marvelous bird!
Now, isn't this little guy a cutie.. I've never seen this type of bird & have no idea what it is, but congrats on submitting a very unique image..
I love the dof here.. I think it's perfect for a subject like this & really helps to show the detail in the feathers.. I'm not a huge fan of the coloring as I don't feel the orange is adding to the red in the front of the bird or in it's eye.. It's sorta competing imho..
You have really nice focus and I think that's perfect as any more sharpening would maybe make this look like it was "too" sharpened..
My only gripe would be that some of the feathers on top & side are cut off.. I'm sure it wasn't easy though capturing this.. Otherwise, it's a solid entry and one I enjoyed very much.. Keep up the great work !!
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Good photo of a cool bird. i think for me the title here distracts from the image. It is such a unique bird, I think i would have titled it..... "Why!?!?" and let the viewer decide what the question was about. Nice DOF.
I am not a good photographer, I do not claim to be better than anyone, any criticism is meant to be constructive criticism......
Great photo of a very unique bird. I feel that the eye should be less centered in the image. Trimming a little more from the right side would have helped. but otherwise Its a lovely shot!
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