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Arsdel Fluesmeier
03-08-2011, 05:46 PM
40D, Canon 100-400@400mm, 1/500 f 5.6, ISO 400 Fill Fl.
Arthur Morris
03-08-2011, 06:22 PM
Nice bird and stare but I am guessing that this is over-processed by a large margin.... May we please see the original?

The bird looks cut out and the (somewhat noisy) BKGR looks as if it has been overly smoothed....
Don Lacy
03-08-2011, 06:24 PM
Nice head on stare and OOf BG, I think I would crop a little off the bottom and run a round of noise reduction on the BG
Kaustubh Deshpande
03-08-2011, 06:29 PM
Loved the pose and stare. Fits the monthly theme very well. This is a tricky one to crop...a squarish one might work best.
Arsdel Fluesmeier
03-08-2011, 06:53 PM
40D, Canon 100-400@400mm, 1/500 f 5.6, ISO 400 Fill Fl.
Artie, this is my original of my last post (sized for email) I'm not sure if I am doing this right. Your criticism is welcomed. Thanks Flues
Dave Leroy
03-08-2011, 07:17 PM
It will be interesting to see if Artie does a rework. I can't see any signs of over processing and bg in repost looks fine.

Now that I see original file I might leave a bit more tail room.

Also if you have another opportunity for this Oriole you may want to try taping a bit different perch a tad higher than this one.

I agree, bird is staring straight down the barrel.

Dave
Arthur Morris
04-03-2011, 07:40 PM
Flues, Been on the road a lot and swamped :) IMHO the original post was too big a crop, too contrasty, and too saturated.... And I am thinking that the image was not real sharp from the get-go. Image quality was poor. Anyway, hope that you and Dave get to see my version :)
Dave Leroy
04-04-2011, 10:52 AM
Thanks for doing this Artie. You put a lot of other 60 years olds, including me, to shame.

Now that i look at original again I think it looks a bit under exposed. I can't quite tell on image quality.

Certainly if IQ is off then cropping too much will make that more evident.

Dave
Arthur Morris
04-04-2011, 05:17 PM
You are most welcome Dave. I am not sure what age has to do with it :) I was not very good at Photoshop at 20, 30, 40, 50, or 55 :) I am pretty good now but I have learned a ton of stuff from others most notably Robert O'Toole.