Sing the song (Edit)

[Alisa]

Hi all thank you for the (CC)!!
Here is a re-crop of the bird. Thank you @AlanLichty for letting me know what kind of bird this is!

This is the New Crop Version... CC welcome.

The only reason I didn't want to crop too much off the top was because the bird is almost looking up into the frame and I wanted to leave room at the top and to the right a bit. To the right there was more of a bigger bush and I wanted to be sure to crop it out as to not have to bush take over the frame.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Like the crop

 

[AlanLichty]

Another positive vote for the crop - makes the meadow lark really stand out more.

 

[JimFox]

I would go back to your original post, and just crop some off the top. In your new edit that OOF branches on the right feel too distracting. So your idea to not include those in the original was good.

So my suggestion, is stay with the original post, but just go to a 4:5 format with cropping off from the top.

 

[larryj]

Hi all thank you for the (CC)!!
Here is a re-crop of the bird. Thank you @AlanLichty for letting me know what kind of bird this is!

This is the New Crop Version... CC welcome.
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The only reason I didn't want to crop too much off the top was because the bird is almost looking up into the frame and I wanted to leave room at the top and to the right a bit. To the right there was more of a bigger bush and I wanted to be sure to crop it out as to not have to bush take over the frame.



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HI Alisa: I like the cropped version and agree with Jim that the branches on the right are distracting. I wold go with the cropped version and just clone out the offending branches and carefully blend them with PS into the soft background.

 

[KevinA]

Is there any chance of posting the original so we can try different crops to see what others can do? Also would you mind me posting the image with my take on the crop?

 

[Brian]

They are all over Elizabeth. You can almost hear this picture. I love it when they show up as warmer weather is close.