Gaetan Manuel
October 2025 - Bird in the Hand
About the Image(s)
Attached is the photo of a 'baby bird' I found in my yard a few days ago. Why not a photo-shoot with the bird?
I held the bird in my left hand with the camera in the right one. A 50mm 1.4 Nikor lens on a Nikon D700 was used. ISO 200; Shutter speed 1/2000s; Aperture f/2.5. The photo was taken outside and the weather was partly cloudy. Due to the wide aperture used, my hand appears blurred. Post processing in ON1.
1 comment posted
This is a one-of-a-kind winner and perhaps the most unusual and intriguing image I've seen in DD groups - ever - I'd give it an 11 on a ten-point scale. Wow the way you've presented the subject matter is the story- just excellent. To me this image so spectacular that I wanted to see if I could make it pop a bit more without changing your composition In my VF, I masked the bird and increased the exposure +25, then increased the Shadows slider to +15 and added +7 to the contrast. I then increased the texture to +12 and Clarity to +6. Then re-masked the eye and increased the exposure +15 and the saturation +8. The image is fabulous - kudos Hoshedar. Posted: 10/05/2025 20:50:27