The Clean-Up Crew

[ArthurDent]

Comments and criticisms much appreciated.

[Peter Connan]

Great detail on the face and interesting angle.

Pity about the blown highlights.

[David H. Hartman]

Billy was a bad man and carried a big gun.
He was always after lawmen and kept them on the run.
One day he met a bad man who was a whole lot badder.
Now he's dead and gone and we ain't none the sadder.

--The Boot Hill Boys

Sorry the 😈 made me do it.

Dave

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I think the blow areas could be pull in if there is a RAW file to work with.

Dave

[ArthurDent]

Great detail on the face and interesting angle.

Pity about the blown highlights.

I don't think there are any, but I'll check again as soon as I get done cataloging my photos. There was one small black area at the juncture of the top and bottom beaks, but I don't think there were any blown out areas.
Where do you think you see it?  On my monitor the shoulder area is pretty light, but I can still see detail throughout.

[pluton]

Certain areas of the brightest feathers at lower center are detail-less on my laptop.  But detail-less isn't necessarily the same as blown out.  I'll look later on my better monitor. 
Any hints about the species name of this magnificent organism?

[ArthurDent]

Since I got my copy of Lightroom 6, I set the whites and blacks by using a shift double click on white and black, which pretty much (although not completely in all cases) eliminates clipping, so I'd be surprised if there are a significant number of blown pixels in the image.

I think the bird was African, but I can't dredge up a name. Maybe Elsa or one of the other African residents could tell us.

[Anthony]

I don't think anything important is blown, but the parts of the image might benefit from an exposure reduction in LR.

[David H. Hartman]

The feathers at the lower edge of the frame are push to high on the scale. A normal curve will compress the contrast up there. Also the eye can't differentiate the tones well there. That area may not be blown out proper but it's too hot.

Dave

[ArthurDent]

The feathers at the lower edge of the frame are push to high on the scale. A normal curve will compress the contrast up there. Also the eye can't differentiate the tones well there. That area may not be blown out proper but it's too hot.

Dave

Thank you for your comment, you have a good eye.

[pluton]

Upon viewing on a large, better monitor I see that the area under discussion is slightly out of the field of focus, so not much detail is ever going to show.  It's fine the way it is.

[ArthurDent]

Upon viewing on a large, better monitor I see that the area under discussion is slightly out of the field of focus, so not much detail is ever going to show.  It's fine the way it is.

You have a good eye as well.

Unfortunately, I seem to have lost the metadata for that shot. But I've got several other shots taken at the same time which may shed some light on it. I believe the shot was at f/2.8, but I'm not sure about the other parameters. When I get done cataloging my photos in Lightroom, a task comparable to sweeping out the Aegean stables, I'll see if the metadata from the other shots transferred. I'm probably a day or two away from that happening, as I am trying to winnow as I organize, I've been working on it for 4-5 days in the early mornings and after work.

[ArthurDent]

Here is an update. What do you think?

[Bill Mellen]

Clean-up crew reporting for duty!

I like #1 better, clipped highlights and all.  It has more "punch" to me.  Maybe something in between.