develop the raw with dpp. tuned in photomatrix,post in photoshop crop,levels,curves,dodge and burn, gaussian blur, usm,selective colours. denoise with neatimage.
Statistics
Place: 34 out of 138 Avg (all users): 6.1914 Avg (commenters): 6.7647 Avg (participants): 6.0192 Avg (non-participants): 6.2727 Views since voting: 1325 Views during voting: 265 Votes: 162 Comments: 17 Favorites: 0
This is an outstanding capture. The focus from wingtip to wingtip is spot on. I think the brilliant whites on the bird's torso is a positive on this as it keeps the subject from blending too much in the background.
The edges of the wings, and especially tip feathers, have some odd red fringing I find distracting. Perhaps over-sharpened? Nice capture though, I like the composition.