Hi
Canon 40D, Canon 100-400
distance to 5.5 m
SS 1/40
F7.1
iso 400
NR IN ACR 6
Sharpening in USM 3 passes 125, 0.2, 0
Rich
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Hi
Canon 40D, Canon 100-400
distance to 5.5 m
SS 1/40
F7.1
iso 400
NR IN ACR 6
Sharpening in USM 3 passes 125, 0.2, 0
Rich
Sweet pose, BG and comp. Look a bit light. I would tone down the midtones a bit.
Hi Alan
so done in curves :p
thanks for looking and comment
Rich
Good pose, perch and BG, Rich. Agree with Alan about the brightness. I have tried a version simply pushing the midpoint slider in levels to the right, masking the adjustment off the eye and nudging up the sharpening a bit.
Hi Tony
I did midpoint in curves, looks like I didnt bring hte midpoint down enough but you have hit the spot there.
For this image I follwed the DB asics pdf and tried sharpening 3 times at 125, 0,2 and 0 settings; what additional did you give it in USM please.
I presume you used Quick Mask:) on the eye?
really good end result thank you very much all.
Rich
Nice pose and bg. Looks like you could have gone with -0.3ec which would have bumped up your SS a bit more. Tony's repost has really added some great touches to this nice image.
Tony's repost has improved this image alot. Good pose, perch, and BG. Fill-flash would have done good things for this image!!
Each repost got a bit better. I like Tony's best--thank you sir! But the mid-tones on Tony's are just a bit dark. I'd lose the hair (???) below the bill. A nice capture that has been vastly improved post-posting!
Rich, I just ran Nik sharpener at 50% of it's default setting for screen display.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Unsworth
The levels adjustment I did as an adjustment layer and then used a layer mask to keep it off the eye.
Tony brought your image to life. I'd like a re-crop with the redbreast a bit smaller in the frame. The redbreast is life-size or larger on my monitor and looks a bit disproportionate.
