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Jeff Cashdollar
02-21-2009, 09:28 PM
Technical:
Canon 40D
Canon 400 MM 5.6 L
1/2500
f/5/6
ISO = 500
EV=-2/3
Gitzo 3530 LS
Mongoose
400MM

Workflow:
CR2---->LRII (25% crop & minor exposure adjustments) --TIFF--> NN (noise reduction 2-passes on bg)-----TIFF--->CS4 (sharpening eyes and subject).

What say you regarding the crop and image. I appreciate all C & C's.

J$
Lance Peters
02-22-2009, 02:38 AM
Hi Jeff - I like the pose, HA and eye contact, you have detail in your blacks and your whites look good.

Not sure about the crop ...

:)
denise ippolito
02-22-2009, 08:31 AM
Jeff, Nice pose and HA. Well done !!
Nonda Surratt
02-22-2009, 09:57 AM
Nice, very nice Jeff!!!

Not sure about the crop either. I like it as is but wonder if it could be stronger?
Doug Brown
02-22-2009, 10:29 AM
You nailed the exposure Jeff! Great pose too. I would sharpen the breast a little more. And I'd probably crop a little off the top. I know the bird is placed in the extreme left of the frame, and that conventional wisdom would be to add some canvas on the left, but I kind of like the way you centered the perch. I would apply some CCW rotation to level out the top of the perch though.
Gus Cobos
02-22-2009, 11:01 AM
Congratulations Jeff...this is really nice...good exposure...good head angle and sharp eye contact and very good color rendition...congrats...:cool:
Alfred Forns
02-22-2009, 01:09 PM
Agre with a strong crop form the top .... extreme left would look good !!!
Jeff Cashdollar
02-22-2009, 01:46 PM
Thanks,

Like always great comments. I have never applied CCW rotation (or any for that matter). Is this something I do in the crop cycle, I will read on this as well. I have plenty of canvas on the left side to move around if needed. As you know, even at 17 feet this is a small bird with a 400MM.

I am running noise reduction on the entire image in NN and then using the NN brush to undo on the subject. Does the noise reduction look adequate?

J$
Jackie Schuknecht
02-22-2009, 02:53 PM
Very nice pose and exposure Jeff. Agree with the sharpening the feathers in the breast area. Would crop some off the top too. Lovely BG.
Doug Brown
02-23-2009, 07:54 PM
I tend to rotate and crop in Lightroom, but I also do it in PS.