It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

[TonyT]

I have no idea what it is, I just loved the colours, taken at Tropical Birdland on Easter monday.. Was taking my 70-200MML 2.8 and going for handheld, so I left my monopod etc at home..... to open my bag and find my 100-400L staring back at me........ Arrrrrrgggghhhhhhhh

[Tigger]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

the bird does seem a tad under and the background isn't helping much - with a little PP work I think you could pull a nice shot from this

also know what you mean about the lens - I did it the other way round on a recent trip where I needed a long lens and had the 70-200 looking at me ....those lenses look too similar ;o(

[TonyT]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

Thanks Ian, will have a go. :)

[Stan]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

The bird is too dark, the background messy and the composition awkward - never have the subject looking out of the frame. With some pp, lifting the shadows, content aware fill and cloning and a crop you can turn it into a more acceptable shot

stan

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( yet again the direct upload has lost detail and desaturated the bird but it gives you an idea)

[Tigger]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

more along the lines I was thinking off - nice edit Stan

[pelliott1954]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

What Stan said

Regards Paul

[TonyT]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

Ok, took comments on board and did a bit of tweaking, how is this?

[Tigger]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

what a transformation

although I prefer stans composition as I wouldn't put the parrot right in the middle ...but still massive improvement

[Parsen66]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

The colours really zing in your edit Tony, huge improvement

[tesarver]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

Love your tweak Tony . A much better image

Tom

[Nathaniel]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

YOur edit Tony is very very nice. Lovely colours and detail.

[kashmir]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

I think it may be a Knysna Lourie or Turaco. (South African)

Stunning image none the less, especially the tweaked version.

[Columbarius]

Re: It's a green parroty looking tropical thing

I'm pretty sure that's a Schalow's Turaco. I shot one (photographically speaking!) at Marwell last week. Good edit Tony.