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Like the details, and position of the bird on perch. BG tone is well balanced with the color of the bird. If mine I would add a bit of room (5-10%) to the bottom. TFS.
Cheers,
Miro
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Light is a little on the strong side perhaps and I'd add more room below. More than your RP.
Good work Bill! Keep 'em coming!
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Hi Bill,
RP looks better and I agree with Akos's comment related to the brightness. The new step would be to decrease the brightness of legs and perch.
Cheers,
Miro
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You guys are hard task masters and are pushing my abilities to the limit………. but many many thanks I am learning a lot …… the images posted on here are at a "new level" for me
Here is the original and next edit
I started again from "scratch" …… so the others could be better in some areas … and the perch could still do with a more careful mask
What have I done in LR and CS …… started using layers in CS during the past few days
Increased brightness and contrast
stamp tool on the blown white area in the wing
darkened the perch and legs
reduced background noise
a little work on the eye
cropped
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I quite like the longer range shot. Clone out the loser branch as it is OOF, then take about a third between the branch and the bottom of the frame (maybe a bit off the top to balance it?) and about a quarter of the right hand side leaving the tip of the branch hanging free so it doesn't cut the image in two. The colour of the bird connects with the foliage above it and gives a sense of environment.
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Originally Posted by
Ákos Lumnitzer
Interesting, as your RAW file does not seem to have as strong a light in it as your posts that you've processed Bill. I quite like the light in the original capture, it does not look that harsh at all now. I suggest you obtain at least a 1.4x or a 1.7x converter to use with the 600/4 lens. It will increase the magnification for the images significantly.
The crop you want to do is very subjective and 100 people will possible suggest 100 different ways. However, this would be something I'd aim for.
As I indicated - from a week on this forum I think that from the comments I over process far too much
I have the Nikon TC14Ell and the TC20Elll which I tend to use more with the Nikon 300mm f2.8VR …… especially as a "travel lens"
Thanks Akos and all for your help and advice
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I agree that the original is best, and I like the crops showing more of the environment.
Don't use the Contrast slider or Saturation except in rare cases and very carefully after all other adjustments are made. Tonalities are best adjusted in LR with the other sliders in the Basic panel. For very low contrast images, try the medium contrast curve. It's a learning experience to judge pleasing tonalities and colors. Rely on the histogram for the whites and darks.
This would be my crop, but I'd tone the bird's contrast down a little:
You don't want too much empty space but don't want the subject crowding the edges either.
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Thanks Diane - really appreciated and gives me a direction to work towards
getting nearer is very difficult as I take most of my shots around and about where we live in rural france .. much of them on our and our neighbours land …… I do not use a hide, (blind) ……. but am thinking about building a couple in the next year, plus getting a small portable one, (the one I had fell to pieces after the second use)
My lens limit is a Nikon 600mm + a TC14 ……..the TC20 seem to degrade image quality too much for me
Thanks again and I hope that it is OK to ask advice in this section
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