A tiny bird with beautiful brown and cream-colored feathers. Just a lovely bird! This is my first effort using Lightroom’s photo editing features. All of my previous posts were unedited JPEGs from my Canon Rebel Ti6. Sharpness and clarity were good in this photo, but I was able to bring up a bit more detail from the shadows. I also used vignette to minimize the edges. That minimized the appearance of the feeder post. It’s always nicer to have a bird on a natural perch but this was what I had. I didn’t do much with the editing, but what I did do produced a better photo. The original Canon JPEG is below.
It’s surprising to me how much better the photo is with only five adjustments in Lightroom. I added the vignette and played with the highlights, shadows, whites, and blacks. That was all I did and it made a big difference in the quality of the final product. I realize that learning post-processing is a critical step in my growth as a wildlife photographer. It’s not my favorite thing to do, but necessary.