Cardinal Landing

[JoRobert]

I took this using a Fuji 5000, was overcast, so couldn't freeze the male. Was kinda noisy, so cleaned it up using PSP9. It looks soft and muddy. But I like it.

Joel

http://jorobert.smugmug.com/photos/10292492-M.jpg

[GREAPER]

On my camera red tends to overexpose so I usually adjust one stop faster a shutter speed than my meter says. I looked at a histogram for your shot and it has a gap on the left indicating to me that its overexposed.

This also mean you would have had one stop faster to reduce the motion blur a little. Might have made his face sharp and still had some motion in his wings.

It would also make the colors pop a bit.

Just some suggestions.

[JoRobert]

Thanks Greaper for the suggestions, the stuff I'm looking for. I have loads to learn. Hope this is the learning place. Thanks again