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Will try and edit later trying to recover the highlights and repost. Which are the reflections ur talking about? Those white spots are not reflections. I think they are ant babies or something. Check It Out

Sorry about that.
This was shot in my backyard. Was shot with a Tamron 90mm and d7000 on a tripod and a yn565 with a diffuser off camera and hand held very close the ants, to darken the background. I think the flash was on 1/64 power. The settings where ISO 400 at f16 and 1/250 sec. This was one of 4 shots. The first 3 didn’t come out too…[Read more]

Hi,
I think a little more space above the bird would help. I also feel colors are flat, not punchy.Check It Out

What lens r u using?
Two things i dont like about the pic. The background and the blackish reflection. What is that reflection? Maybe a change in angle could have taken care of both.
Do u have another shot with the first drop in focus?

Hi,
Ive never tried infra red. But i always considered good ir photographs having a strong isolated subject.
This is a normal landscape. Nothing interesting.

There is too much going on. A different angle and a shallower dof would have made the bird a stronger subject.

iso 800 is pretty good on the d7000.
this was shot at about 6am to 6.30 am.
theres not much light at that time as the sun is just rising. thats why i bumped up the iso. by the time its 7 am it gets hot and sunny.

the second image was not cropped like that. i didnt get the entire bird in the shot. the settings were

lens tamron 90mm f2.8 at f4 – 1/1250sec – ISO 800 and spot metering for both shots

This is another snap taken on the same day

no i dont have another shot

Thanks. I was thinking maybe there was not much space below the pigeon.

Somehow, the picture confuses me. There is contrast and there is texture, but there is a lot of lost highlight detail, especially in the centre. The central area looks too busy, so my eye is not resting anywhere. Its going all over the place. The foreground is interesting. The background like i said is too busy and unsettling.

I dont think hdr is a sin. I love hdr when its done right. Ur photo is a great candidate for hdr. I feel hdr shouldnt make the photo unreal. Some like over enhanced and surreal. Some dont. Its just a matter of taste

the plate is well lit and looks good against the dark blue background.
but the glass and liquid, poorly lit. the glass has no definition and liquid is totally black [ underexposed]
another thing that is distracting the more i look at are the colors. yellow, blue, brown, red, black. cant explain it, but the colors are not harmonious.

the grass is very detracting. i feel hdr has spoiled the shot. looks very unnatural, unless u were going for oversaturated colors

too much processing