I like the pose, head angle and setting. Did manage a good bg and can even soften it up a little more. The most distracting parts are the two branches going through the body. The Exposure is very good.
I think there is something going on with the processing? The image does not appear crisp and if you look a the color patch under the wing it has a painted look. Could be compression while saving? How are they saved after processing? btw would crop some from the bottom just above the diagonal stick !!!
You are doing well Mike...:D A wee bit soft on the bird, but composition is much better...Point well taken by Mr. Al on the intersecting branches through the bird...:eek:
hi al,
i think i know where the oversharpening or over focusing is coming from. i use both a noise reduction and a focus fixint program to process the image. i should be able to correct for this problem in the future.
thanks Gus, i'll try harder with the future shots. i did set up a few more branches for my birds to perch on, and will do better with my presentations in the future.
Mike, super nice head angle and exposure, good job! Agree with Alfred on the bird and post, it seems as if all or most detail has been removed? How are you doing you noise reduction on the background? Are you masking out or something to keep the bird from being subjected to the NR?
Ok went and compared the 1st with the 2nd and it looks like you lost detail in the second one. This is a super nice image and if your aren't quite sure how to do NR on the BG w/o including the bird please ask! Everyone here will be more than happy to help and it is all part of the Eager to Learn forum.:)
thanks Brian aand Nonda. i don't know how to do NR on the background. please send any info you have that you think might be of help. i've started checking my work at 100%. maybe that will help also. i've put up a female blue jay for your thoughts. if branches are considered very undesirable then i'll ask is there anything i could do , other than cloning it out or blurring it, to get rid of it.
thanks to you all,
mike
Sorry that maybe we got a little ahead of ourselves here. I had assumed you were using Photoshop for your processing? Are you processing a JPEG or a RAW file?
Regarding noise reduction, there are various applications as well as various ways to apply ... one being to make a selection on the background and apply noise reduction only to that area. I was assuming that was what was done on your repost. I remember seeing many post describing various techniques ... but the ones by Artie, Alfred, and Axel stick in my mind (sorry I can't find their posts right now).
Please describe your work flow processing. I'll be gone for the next week:(, but I'm sure everyone here will offer some very helpful suggestions and tips. (No need to be embarrassed, we all learning, and everybody goes through the learning curve!):)
Last edited by Brian Wong; 06-05-2008 at 10:25 AM.
It's a very pretty image overall, Mike, and I agree that you shouldn't feel any need to apologize, this is a learning forum and there are alot of levels of experience and expertise here! It's a great place to learn! I envy your chance to get good titmouse pictures; I don't have one yet and the one opportunity I had, he moved around so fast I didn't get anything decent. :(
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