Nice photo of the Bird. It was done by Teaberryeagle using Canon S2 IS camera on 432mm zoom. I used it as an example for improving correction only. Using Neat Image and PhotoImpact10 software (or another) one can significantly improve quality of your photos taken by a compact camera. This approach is very effective for small printing size (10x15cm, 15x21cm) and screen mode. Original photo that I corrected is on the gallery of TeaBerryEagle: http://gallery.photographyreview.com...47468&sl=t

Notes: any photo of SLR that was written in RAW format always reqiures full post processing (sharpness, Saturation, Contrast and....). It is usual way to obtain the quality.