Hoopoe foraging

This image includes some editing through the use of NX-D, which is a free photo editing software for Nikon users that offers more functionality and power than ViewNX when processing NEF files. Although the added features are great, the interface leaves much to be desired and takes a bit of getting used to.

 

On my old laptop, NX-D still seems to process and render images faster than ViewNX and although the rendering speed cannot compare to Adobe software, it also doesn't freeze up and/or pixelate the preview of images after editing like ViewNX does at times (at least in my experience). NX-D does allow you to take the NEF images much further in terms of processing before converting to TIFF format.

 

The image initially was very dull and suffered from very poor lighting conditions, so I was pleasantly suprised with the amount of detail, colour and contrast I was able to extract from it.

 

I also used PS and Lr, of course, as well as Nik Software. Many jarring sticks and stalks were also cloned out.

Done