real bird - real cold -20C ..
cloned out some crap
shadow/hilite adjust
sharpen
hand held from 100meters+ (100yards)
out of 6 images this was sharpest - still sucked ..
few mins later the lens got cold & couldn't focus (greese freezes up ..)
and no... i did not retouch the eyes ...
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7 - Nice image. Wonder about a variation in composition/crop - perhaps cropping to the tip of that far right branch and centering the bird, or else more off center 'somehow', but your call, of course.
Nice sharpness on the eye and interesting framing with the branch. Sky is a little flat but I doubt the bird was willing to hang around til some nice cloud formations drifted by. Bird blends a little into the tree, especially on the left. Good for reality, not so dramatic for a picture. Maybe some selective dodging/burning might make him stand out more.
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