Julie Kenward
05-07-2011, 08:46 PM
Mom and dad saw their first Baltimore Orioles arrive this week so I knew mine would be coming in, too. I stopped off at my local birdfeeder store and stocked up on the bird jelly that they couldn't get enough of last year. I got home and got it out and the female Oriole showed up! She was so skittish, though, that I had to shoot this from behind the glass door so the details were a bit lacking. I decided to take it for a spin and see what I could do with it.
I started with an exposure layer, using the gamma slider to help decrease some of the glare that comes from shooting behind glass. Then I ran a round of noise reduction and put it through Topaz's Clean filter using the 'cartoon' setting and then lowering it until I got the look I wanted. I then added Nik's Color Efex 'Foliage' filter and bumped the yellows to the green side a bit.
Here she is...the first Baltimore Oriole of the spring...
I started with an exposure layer, using the gamma slider to help decrease some of the glare that comes from shooting behind glass. Then I ran a round of noise reduction and put it through Topaz's Clean filter using the 'cartoon' setting and then lowering it until I got the look I wanted. I then added Nik's Color Efex 'Foliage' filter and bumped the yellows to the green side a bit.
Here she is...the first Baltimore Oriole of the spring...