White-plumed Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater (Image ID 47941)
Photographed byIan Ferguson on Sun 29th Aug, 2021 and uploaded on Thu 9th Sep, 2021 .
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ID47941
CommentI love the way this White-plumed Honeyeater is hanging off the flower buds of our nectarine tree. I have recently purchased a Tamron 100-400mm to go on my Nikon Z50 and am learning to use it and to process the results. General feedback welcome, but in particular comments on noise management and sharpness. I am doing initial processing in Lightroom (which I have quite a bit of experience in using) then using the Neatimage plugin in Photoshop (which I have only just begun to use). I have masked the bird and applied noise reduction to the background and unsharp mask to the bird - I barely know what I am doing so am seeking feedback on the results.
EquipmentNikon Z50 with Tamron 100-400mm f4.5-6.3 at 400mm on a tripod. f6.3 1/800 sec ISO400.
LocationMy backyard in Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
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Con Boekel2021-09-10 10:31:15Hi Ian
Lovely colour in that image and plenty of interest in this image as well.
I would suggest you check the image to see what the depth of field is doing. For example, the feet are just beyond the depth of field and look a tad soft. One way of maximizing the depth of field when capturing this image, assuming you want sharp flowers in the frame, would have been to move to the right so that the bird was a bird more side on. Front-on images are very difficult to maintain sharpness all over the bird because the depth of field is limited. So - side on tends to give more of the bird sharp. It is worth practicing front on and side on shots to see what happens. It is also worth thinking about perches that enable the bird to perch side on. The second issue issue is a general issue. In this case I would have cropped space from the right hand side of the picture. This gives the effect of the bird looking into the bulk of the picture space.
kind regards
Con Boekel
Ian Ferguson2021-09-12 22:10:57--Thanks for the feedback Con.
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