This was DQ'd because I did not have the original right from the camera. Since this was a Best of Challenge, this picture was long gone from my SD Card. For those who questioned, the photo had an almost white sky because of an overcast day. Turning it white was easily done with desaturation. A few limbs were cloned to simplify the image and a poster edge filter was added at the end. Nothing against the rules was done.
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Great detail on the tree bark. A little softer on the bird's breast feathers. Trying to figure out why this shot looks as if it has had the BG masked out. Unusual pure white BG.
I like the image and the processing. The border takes up too much of the 800 pixels that you have to work with. For me it would have been fine with a single black line as the border. Still a 7
I love the colors and the composition of this shot. The greens, yellows and browns of the tree and bird really pops off the plan white backdrop - makes me think of the first blush of spring. Love how you composed/captured the shot with the bird centered in the natural triangle shaped frame that is the branches of this tree. Also great capture that you caught this bird with a seed/food in it's beak - nice bit of added visual interest. My only critique is that the frame of the image is so big that it engulfs the image - I think the image is strong enough to stand out on it's own with little to no border.
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