Striated Pardalotte
Spent a while photographing this Pardalotte as it flew between the tree and the perch. This is my favourite one. Basic adjustments in ACR and PS, NR to BG and selective sharpening to the bird and perch. Hope you like it.
D500/500PF, 1/1250th sec@f7.1, iso1000, manual mode, HH.
Hi Paul, an interesting and colourful subject for sure and I like the fact it has a bit of 'nesting material ?' in the beak, but in an ideal world would have wished if it was up on the LHS and down on the right so it's not across the face. There is detail, but it looks lighted, as some parts of the plumage appear a bit thin and grainy? I might with the Adjustment brush dodge some exposure in over the whites, just to pull them back a bit. Like the two tone backdrop but the end of the perch looks as if there was some cloning?
TFS
Steve
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Everything looks great to me. And if you had to have the nesting material on our side of the face it is in the exact perfect spot. Perfect head angle, neat pose, and lovely background to go along with sharp.
More like this is a good thing.
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A bit contratsy for me, but not by much, and I love the subject, nesting material, BG. The perch is OK as well, I just wish it was a touch longer. Yes, I do like it!
Steve: Thanks as always for your valued feedback. Not sure what you mean by 'lighted"...I didn't adjust the exposure up, but I do see how it could be darkened a tad? I guess you mean to "burn" not dodge the whites? Yes...your keen eye wins again...the dark spot at the end of the perch is part of the perch, but there was a section of perch just to the right of the twig going up towards the body which I didn't like...might have to re clone that again!
Artie: Thanks so much...glad you like as is...me too. I have many others with the nesting material in the "wrong place"...so I'm happy you agree with this one.
Daniel: Thank you. Interesting comment re the perch...I have many other shots in the series, so will see check out the perches. Cheers.
Last edited by Paul Burdett; 07-17-2021 at 05:55 PM.
Hi Paul, ‘lifted’ is a term to lighten an image, so if you upped the exposure, you brighten it, hence why I wondered if the capture was under exposed? Dodge/Burn - Yes, basically to darken the whites, but set the brush to 50% flow to ‘build up’ the desired look, if you paint at 100% then it might be too strong, always best to use small amounts.
Hope that clarifies things Paul.
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All clear Steve. Cheers.
Sorry Paul, just re read and you say you didn’t lighten it, OK, did you use a Levels adjustment by chance? Just curious.
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No problem Steve. No levels adjustment.
Looks great to me Paul! Love the nesting material, detail, perch, BG etc.
Hi Kurt. Thanks so much for the kind comments.
Neat looking bird. I do like the pose and the whatever is in its bill.
Cheers John.
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