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    Blue Jay taken today in Pearland, TX. from my RV.


    Nikon D 610, w/150-600 Tamaron Lens, tripod
    1/640 at f / 8.0, ISO 2200
    15 feet at 550mm

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    All C & C greatly appreciated.


    Just trying to improve.


    Thanks in advance for looking and any reply.

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    OK, CJ!!

    This is really nice! Great color, lovely soft light, the bird is a good size in the frame and sharp. A good pose with the bird all in the plane of focus, a very nice perch and lovely BG.

    One thing I've learned here is that it can help a lot to sharpen the JPEG after it's created. Don't know if you've been doing that, but I open it again in PS and use Smart Sharpen, set to Lens Blur, at a very low radius of about 0.2 pixels and about 100 percent. It might be hard to see the difference but here it is. It's easy to overdo it but maybe I could have gone a little further.

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    I really like this one, the pose is great, colors are really nice! I really like that extra little processing you did Diane, I tried that on my latest image, now I'll have to remember that on my other images!

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    Diane

    With your help looks like we have got a picture right.

    Both Warren and you said it is nice.

    Thanks for all of the past support and your ideas.

    Thanks again

    C M

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    I like this. Nice design.

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    It's all a matter of shooting a lot and choosing the best. Then some careful processing...

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    Very nice image and the RP with extra processing looks great. BG compliments the bird nicely and subject face and eye is well in focus. Composition also works

    I would maybe go for a bit brighter even under and around the eye

    TFS

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    Good point, Shane. Go to Quick Mask mode and paint a mask with a soft-edged brush. Out of QM mode makes it a selection and when you make a Curves adj layer, the mask will be there -- just tweak the curves.

    Here's a QM tutorial. Much more flexible and powerful than the Dodge tool:

    http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...uick-Mask-Mode

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