not sure what kind this is but he stayed still long enough for me to get this shot.
canon 70d with 100-400l @ 400 f7.1 and iso 1000
woodpecker by sedwards679, on Flickr
woodpecker
not sure what kind this is but he stayed still long enough for me to get this shot.
canon 70d with 100-400l @ 400 f7.1 and iso 1000
I'm sure someone can ID it -- if there is no response here, try the Avian: About Birds forum on down the Forums page.
You have a good pose with a nice perch, nice lighting, and the BG has pleasing colors and is enough out of focus to not be distracting. I would clone out the thin stem on the left, or at least shorten it by 2/3, and probably get rid of the other two to its left. It's also worth considering to lighten the dark area on the right, and maybe crop a little on that side to move the bird a little more off-center. The grasses on the left are enough to balance an off-center composition.
It looks like there may be some slight softening from noise reduction -- what processing software are you using?
Thanks for the comments Diane. I am using lightroom 5.6 but my skills are extremely limited with it lol . As for cloning out anything , my photoshop skills are non existant . I have been playing with it for almost a year now and cant even figure out even basic stuff.
I believe this to be a Downy bcuz of the small bill and size. Downy's are about 6-1/2" whereas the larger Hairy is 9-1/2" in length with the longer bill.
What version of Photoshop?Originally Posted by Stuart Edwards
CS6 . i have watched a ton of videos that seem pretty simple but there is a lot of basic stuff they just do and dont talk about how to do it.
You have a great resource in CS6 -- I hope you'll persist in trying to learn it. The best way to learn is one thing at a time -- something you want to use.
Here's a quick "try this" -- I assume you have a single BG layer for your image. Duplicate it to clone on (top menu: Layer > Duplicate Layer), so you have an out. Select the Clone Stamp tool (9th one down in the Tool panel). In the top bar make sure Make sure Opacity is 100%, Aligned Sample is checked, and Current Layer. Check that caps Lock is not on and move the cursor into the image. Use the square brackets to the right of the P key to make a size that is a little bigger than that stem. Click a little to the right of the stem, in an area that has a similar appearance, just below the top edge of the frame. Then click over the stem, at the top edge, and holding the mouse button down, drag down the stem and watch it disappear.
Cloning 101....
(This is assuming defaults aren't somehow messed up.)
Last edited by Diane Miller; 03-13-2015 at 11:44 PM.
I'd say Downy as well, great pose!
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