Eastern Bluebird

[Mark Nadler]

Comments welcomed.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Great shot.

Did you bribe him to pose so nicely for you?

[Mark Nadler]

Hey, Eric, my family worked construction in NYC.  Construction workers in NYC know how to whistle to make the "birds" go into this pose.  I learned it from my father.

mark

[francois]

Hey, Eric, my family worked construction in NYC.  Construction workers in NYC know how to whistle to make the "birds" go into this pose.  I learned it from my father.

mark

Very nice shot… So, you're a bird charmer (and don't use a flute like with snakes). 

[PeterAit]

Comments welcomed.

It's a lovely photo in most resprects but it is not really sharp, and that detracts from it. Have you tried post-processing tools to improve sharpness?

[Mark Nadler]

Thanks, francois.  My wife keeps my "bird" charming skills in check. 

PeterAit, when I finished processing this image I looked at its whiskers around it beak and they looked sharp to me at both 100% and 200%.  Normally, for me this is a pretty good indicator that I have the right amount of sharpening.  I do not like over sharpened images.  However, given your comment I looked again at this image and I could see its feathers look slightly muddled.  I decided to add a bit more texture to the image and it definitely improved the appearance of the bird's feather separation.  What do you think?

mark

[PeterAit]

Yes, noticibly better!

[Mark Nadler]

PeterAit, thanks.

mark