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    Default Screech Owl Fledgling 2 - Different Shot

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    Hi -

    Here is a different image from the same series. I used this image and made some changes that everyone suggested.

    I chose a vertical crop to cut out most of the extra bright leaves at bottom right.


    • Noise reduction on bg
    • Burned the right side of the bird.
    • Adjusted the color balance to remove some of the bluish hue
    • Sharpened the owl's face and brightened the eyes


    Still maybe too much noise in bg.

    Thanks, Ashleigh

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    Firstly I'm envious of any Owl image, those eyes are amazing. The side lighting is still a little strong here and there and i think you may be right about adding another round of noise reduction to the backdrop. I might also consider another round of sharpening to the bird only as it does look a little soft but at 1/80sec it's not surprising......I think at the time of shooting going for a wider aperture setting than f5.6 and upping the ISO for better shutter speed would of helped { easier said than done }

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    Nice shot.
    Love the stare and that you captured it in it's habitat.
    The side lighting is a bit strong, but it's not bad. Agree on some more NR on the background.
    Well done.

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