I'm sure that most people will feel that the "burst of color" should be the subject. It will probably hurt my score, but I did the opposite. IMO the bright red building in the background does "offset" my black and white subject from the rest of the photograph. It will be interesting to see if anyone else agrees.
PP- crop, reduce noise, sharpen
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Brilliant colored background, but it doesn't look natural for reason. It looks more like a "cut & paste" of the bird. I like the composition and detail of both bird and tree.
I like the "inverse" thinking with the b/w bird and colorful background. Colors in the back look a bit unreal, but the fact that they pop so much works for this shot. Focus is great... love the feather detail, spots and tree bark. One of my top picks for this challenge. Well done!
Strong burst of the color red here, great texture in the bark of tree plus a great photo of the bird as well..... very pleasing to the eye. I like this a lot and hope it does well.
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Thanks for helping to motivate me to become a better photographer.
When I see a shot like yours it just gets me excited to get there make as many mistakes as I need to to improve.
Very inspirational - Thanks
Interesting that it is the background that has the bright color and not the bird. It still draws attention to him and the sharp focus on the bird helps this to get the idea across. I might crop out a bit of the tree trunk on the right to tighten the image and emphasize the bright color more.
Thank goodness for post processing to help out that background - which does indeed make a burst of color. Great capture of the bird and I like the texture on the tree too. 8
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