Photo of pale billed arcari taken at Los Bancos , Ecuador in November. I had just a few seconds before bird flew off. Artie should recognize the bird.
BG is untouched - bird only sharpened with USM (100, .3 , 4) x 2 for web
How would you advise dealing with circular highlight artifacts - tight cropping, special PS filtering, cloning or masking them out, ...? Can they be avoided at time of original photo?
1D Mk3 with 500mm/f4 IS on tripod AI Servo AF f/5.6 1/500 ISO 1000
Advice would be greatly appreciated or is it a lost cause?
What a beautiful bird. I like the details and exposure control. As for the BG, I think Fabs has a tutorial somewhere about this but I can't find it right now. Maybe she will chime in later.
I'd crop it a bit and enjoy the bird. Otherwise a good few hours work with no guarantee of success. I believe that Pale-mandibled Aricari is the correct name. BTW, it is very sharp and a nice glance back when needed...
later and love, artie
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It would be a task to change the BG...at least for me. It's a beautiful bird and given the details and sharpness I certainly wouldn't want to ditch it. Cropping in a little tighter draws you attention more to the bird....and thus less emphasis on the BG.