Hi all,

This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/
K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec

It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more effective image?

Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome.

Best,

Walt



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