Diane Miller
06-01-2014, 05:00 PM
A couple of days ago I posted a BCNH with a less than ideal head angle because I liked how the beak ended in the green area in the BG. Here's a better angle but i don't care for the BG as much. But then, I guess it's the bird that counts...
Canon 5D3, 600 II + 2X. ISO 1600, 1/1000 @ f/10. Wimberley II. Basic tonal corrections (minimal here) in LR -- he was in soft light. I did push Sharpening to 70 and Luminance NR to 40 -- not something I usually do. To PS CS6 for a curves masked to the face for some slight lightening and contrast adjustment. Then a small dose of NR (Nik Dfine), no masking needed. No sharpening except the LR default and the High setting on export from LR.
Here's the previous one:
http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/120590-BCNH-Juvenile-Portrait
Canon 5D3, 600 II + 2X. ISO 1600, 1/1000 @ f/10. Wimberley II. Basic tonal corrections (minimal here) in LR -- he was in soft light. I did push Sharpening to 70 and Luminance NR to 40 -- not something I usually do. To PS CS6 for a curves masked to the face for some slight lightening and contrast adjustment. Then a small dose of NR (Nik Dfine), no masking needed. No sharpening except the LR default and the High setting on export from LR.
Here's the previous one:
http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/120590-BCNH-Juvenile-Portrait