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    Default Young Eastern Phoebe

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    A couple of these have been flying around the yard, chasing each other. I think they're recent fledglings.

    Canon 30D, Canon 500mm/f4 L IS + 1.4 tc at 700mm
    1/500 sec at f/5.6, ISO 800
    Noise Ninja noise reduction, levels endpoints and mid-tones adjustments, some cropping for composition.

    Comments appreciated.

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    Nice perch and soft light. I wish for a bit more head turn and it needs more sharpening. Maybe a slightly higher color temperature, too. There seems to be a green cast. Keep them coming!
    Last edited by Axel Hildebrandt; 07-17-2008 at 10:24 PM.

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    I was going to say more sharpening too, but Axel's repost says it all. A wonderful capture and a little better light and head angle would make this super! :)

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    Great job of sharpening by Axel as in the ORIG it looks as if sharp focus is on the leaves well beyond the bird...
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    Default My attempt at sharpening

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    My original post was an export out of Lightroom, with after my Photoshop adjustments which included a little bit of capture sharpening, but no creative or output sharpening.

    With this version, I did some creative sharpening and resized it in CS3, then output sharpening using Bruce Fraser's High Pass filter technique.

    I certainly like this version better...what do others think?

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    The re-post is far better than the ORIG but Axel's is actually sharper on the eye than your repost (without looking oversharpened...)
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