Chaffinch in the late Sun (Sharpened images added)

[TwentySixDays]

Took these this afternoon just before the shaddow from the house got in the way.

1)...

1b) Sharpened...

2)...

2b) Sharpened...

Sigma 150-500@500 1/200s F/8 ISO200 (Handheld OS=ON)

Thanks for looking - C7C always welcome.

 

[artyman]

They look a tad soft to me, have you applied any sharpening.

 

[TwentySixDays]

They look a tad soft to me, have you applied any sharpening.

Thanks Ken.
I have locally sharpened the chaffinches only.
I tried sharpening the whole image but ended up with "halo's" around the birds.

I thought I would leave the before and afters up as a comparison.