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Jim Crosswell
05-13-2015, 09:17 AM
This was taken last May at a local conservation area close to my house. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.
Canon 1D MK IV
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 800
1/200s
f5.6
Tripod
Andreas Liedmann
05-13-2015, 09:20 AM
Hi Jim .........:5 stunning clean image of a very nice bird.Love the detail you extracted and the overall tone/color palette.
Nice work .
TFS Andreas
John Robinson
05-13-2015, 09:28 AM
Hi Jim
What a georgeous bird indeed. And Ilike the BG which sets it ff very well.
A pair of our Redstarts have just started build ing in the garden- bit late this year.
cHEERS
jOHN
Randy Stout
05-13-2015, 09:32 AM
Jim
good detail in darks. I like the thin looping perch, the head angle, excellent catchlight.
I do think the overall image is a bit dark and murky, as the whites are quite subdued. Matter of taste, but believe it would show better overall with a modest increase in the exposure (somewhere in the +.5 - .6 range on my monitor).
Cheers
Randy
William Dickson
05-13-2015, 01:18 PM
Cracker of a frame Jim. The colours on the bird look really well against that BG. Lovely HA and POV. Good work and thanks for sharing
Will
Ákos Lumnitzer
05-13-2015, 09:17 PM
A little tight at the LLC for me. But otherwise a super image. Love the contrasting colours and the tiny curved perch.
gail bisson
05-14-2015, 05:08 AM
I love these birds.
I have to agree with Randy on this image.
I also find the BG with OOF branches not to my taste.Aren't I picky!:S3:
Gail
Stu Bowie
05-14-2015, 05:35 AM
Hi Jim, excellent exposure on the blacks, and the yellows/oranges really mix nicely on this fellow. You have a great angled pose, and I do like the thin perch.
Andreas Liedmann
05-14-2015, 11:18 AM
Hi Jim a matter of taste regarding exposure /brightness .
What Randy suggested does not work as described , unless you like to have a clipped red channel :w3 and loose some fine detail in certain areas .
I did the red channel trick :t3 plus some tiny tricks more
WDYT ? and others too .
Cheers Andreas
Jim Crosswell
05-14-2015, 11:38 AM
I like what you have done here Andreas. The whites look much better in your version. Thanks for taking the time to give it a few tweaks!
Randy Stout
05-14-2015, 11:47 AM
Hi Jim a matter of taste regarding exposure /brightness .
What Randy suggested does not work as described , unless you like to have a clipped red channel :w3 and loose some fine detail in certain areas .
I did the red channel trick :t3 plus some tiny tricks more
WDYT ? and others too .
Cheers Andreas
Andreas:
Raising the exposure .55, gave the absolute brightest red channel reading in the image at 91% on the white/orange area on wing, with no clipping in lightroom. Perhaps you are using a different program? I don't have Photoshop at work, but will recheck that at home later.
Randy
Andreas Liedmann
05-14-2015, 12:02 PM
Randy i took the image into PS and used ACR for your suggested exposure increase , the result after running ACR is a clipped RED channel !!!
As ACR and LR are the same basically , you should get the result as me , but you are right too , as ACR does not show any clipping in the RED channel ........ think whatever you think about it , i do think who is wrong ACR/LR or PS ????:2eyes2:
Cheers Andreas
David Salem
05-15-2015, 09:32 PM
Man you sure get allot of great dicky bird shots! This one has some beautiful detail and color. Well done Jim
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