Blue Angel

[Dwayne Oakes]

Thanks for taking a look !

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes

[Wicked Dark]

very neat. I like it. An unexpected combination.

[Iguanasan]

Lovely!

[Marko]

Very well done. As a boy we used to call something else a blue angel - lol.

Could you describe your PP here a bit? Thx!

[Dwayne Oakes]

Thank you very much for the comments everyone ! Here are the settings:

editing (Nikon Capture NX2)

-cropped the photo
-orton effect was added
-global color desaturation
-added a tad of contrast boost
-added selective color saturation to just the blue jay
-healed out some stray branches
-added a tad of global USM sharpening
-used the sliders in levels to set the final exposure

camera settings

-Nikon D80/Nikkor 18-200mmVR
-1/1000 second @ f/8
-200mm
-ISO 200
-Ev -1 1/3
-Vr ON

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes

[Marko]

Thanks for sharing the recipe Dwayne!