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Sid Overbey
05-29-2008, 05:14 PM
This guy was sitting in one of our landscape shrubs this afternoon staying out of the rain. I am having trouble with the noise in bg. Noise Ninja seems to make it worse.
Camera Model: NIKON D70
Shutter speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: 6.7
Exposure mode: Av
EV +2/3
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 320
Lens: 300mm+1.7TC

Thanks for looking and all comments.
Gus Cobos
05-29-2008, 05:54 PM
Great capture Sid,
I recommend in cloning out the branch on top of the bird's head and the other one next to it and also the one running along the bottom of his tail...:eek:
Gus Cobos
05-29-2008, 05:56 PM
P.S. You might also want to do a little selective lightening around the head area and along hid breast. In addition a slight dab of sharpening on the eye...:cool:
Harold Davis
05-29-2008, 08:00 PM
hi sid!! good looking bird!! he does look a little dark though. agree with gus about cloning out that branch coming out of his head. not quite sure what problem you were having with NR but you could also try some gaussian blur and see if that works for you.
Alfred Forns
05-29-2008, 09:44 PM
I think even with the plus exposure comp the original might have been a little under exposed? Will make it a noise magnet As presented it could go a little brighter.

Did you use a tripod for this image? Your effective focal length was over 700 mm and the shutter speed 1/160 !!!
Nonda Surratt
05-30-2008, 06:42 AM
Hi Sid!

Boy those guys do like to tuck down in don't they? Very nice pose! Everything else covered
Oscar Zangroniz
05-30-2008, 07:12 AM
Great capture Sid, would consider also cropping a little from his right.
Sid Overbey
05-30-2008, 09:46 AM
Thanks for all the suggestions. I went back to the RAW image in LR and started again. It did require a little more exposure. I did some sharpening and noise reduction.

This was not shot with a tripod, but I did brace against a window. I need to get a tripod.

Sid
William Malacarne
05-30-2008, 09:53 AM
Sid

I like the photo a lot but as Al said the shutter speed was low for your focal length. I think if you would have opened up the aperture more it would have brought your speed up and helped with bg blur.

Bill
Nonda Surratt
05-30-2008, 11:22 AM
Nice repost Sid! Like the crop and birds eye shows up much better.