Hello again everyone, one the female Cardinals that hang out here, waiting on the dinner bell to ring. She was up in one of their favorite perches in the giant Sycamore that is in the bottom of my lot. One of my better shots. ( I think, lol)
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400 f/2.8 w/2x tcIII, tripod
f/8
1/640
ISO 400
16 m away
Thanks for looking in
Thanks very much Steve...
Beautiful bird, well exposed and sharp throughout. I personally would remove the poo from the stick. Speaking of the perch, the nubs on it and the one vertical stem heading down into the frame don't add much. If you have to chance to put some prettier, and simpler, ones out for her, I'd give that a try just to improve the asthetics of the image .
Great light...looks like it was cloudy bright, which is the best light. Great sharpness, and good suggestions from others. I wonder if you could kill several birds (if everyone can excuse the expression) by cropping this to a vertical, just to the left of the vertical stick? This would save you a lot of editing, assuming you want to remove the vertical stick. Personally, I don't mind the crop or the sticks. I have quite a few photos of these birds which have worse (translated: natural) backgrounds.
Last edited by Dennis Zaebst; 02-15-2014 at 09:31 PM.
Hi Bret, you are welcome, however you have just gone up a gear compared to the last post with better detail & clarity, although you still need to sort out this embedded colour profile. It's unfortunate about the budding stem over the tail feathers, but nothing you could do. Just a thought, but try flipping left to right, might give you another option. The perch is a nice size and is in keeping with the subject.
Hope the links help in the future.
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Thanks everyone, very much appreciated. I cleaned up the poop and saved for web from Steve's helpful link. Not sure what the difference is but followed all of his steps. Steve, once again, much appreciated, though I am not sure what the difference is in saving for web, (does that keep exif too?(, or save as? In any event, here is a version with minor cleanup and saved for web, ( and other devices, ps5). Steve, I missed a step last night in the end with the final size setting at 200, uploaded the wrong first image, but followed your help just this morning, what do you think? I learn slowly but eventually it kicks in. But what is the difference in saving for web as your steps showed me? I guess I will see when I look at the final two images posted in this post. Thanks very much again Steve, all of the links seem quite helpful, looks like I am spending some $ today, lol. You have a fantastic site by the way, those Goshawks are freakin awesome.
I see I skipped the extra sharpening step you suggested....I will get it better next go round.
Last edited by Bret Goddard; 02-16-2014 at 09:07 AM.
Hi Bret
Not sure what you have done exacly but the secnd post has lost some of the detail -on my gear anyway. The colour has changed but I.ve never seen one so no idea what it should be like. Looking again I feel the first one would take a vertical crop too.
Cheers
John
Hi Bret,
The OP is excellent. The repost isn't as sharp and clear. The IQ seems to have gone down in the repost and is darker and coarser.
There is a wonderful velvety soft quality to the image thanks to your light in the OP.
I like the BG and the subtle outlines of branches and greenery.
I don't know how you feel about cloning but I would get rid of the vertical branch in a heartbeat. If you aren't comfortable with cloning then a little pruning of this branch may be in order!
I agree it is one of your best so far,
Gail
Hi Bret, for those that are not aware, the OP was in RGB, the RP now carry's the correct sRGB profile and has the correct embedded profile for web presentation. The OP will be more saturated in colour. Bret, keep your monitor calibrated, at least it should be done every 4-6weeks or when your computer says so, in that way you will keep a consistent colour balance. You are now on the right track, keep the process going for posting on the web, however, you can crank up the KB to 300 if you so wish, as that was written a while back when file size an dimensions were smaller for BPN.
Thanks for the kind comments and reply, much appreciated.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
A beautiful capture of a lovely bird in lovely light! I agree about the perch, but it is a lovely shot anyway.
The original was in Adobe RGB (1998) -- not just "RGB." That is one of 3 color spaces that are important in the digital darkroom. Some browsers will display it correctly and some won't. If it weren't tagged (profile embedded), none would. For an explanation of how to post to the web so the largest audience will see it as accurately as possible, check out the sticky at the top of the Eager to Learn forum tited Seeing Images Properly....
Save for Web is just a little simpler and more foolproof, as it does the needed steps for you, but you need to check the boxes for Convert to Profile (sRGB) and to embed the profile. You could also do the equivalent in several steps from PS.
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