Hi everyone,
Another addition the the high-key series! Taken at Sanibel fishing pier in March, very close to the nesting site.
400D 100-400 @ 400mm
ISO 200
AV F16 (can't think why!!...:eek:) 1/30 sec
Look forward to your comments and suggestions!
Many thanks,
Nicki
This looks pretty good to me. Looks like the osprey is looking up so perhaps a bit more room at the top? I also think the empty space on the left is a bit too much here. The osprey sure knows where to nest though.
Lady Nicki,
I like it as presented, very good details in the feathers, and good colors. I would have prefered a better capture angle not as steep as this one, but you did the best with what you had to work with. It is what it is...:) very good show...keep them coming...:cool:
Hi Nicki! Agree with above suggestions. Here's a repost in which I adjusted the white and black points in levels, and did some extra sharpening. What do you think?
Hi guys!
Thank you for your kind comments and suggestions. Doug, I like the repost - it looks cleaner somehow. I did do some tweaking in levels, but I was afraid of blowing out the whites. On your repost the whites on the bird look good but the BG looks better than mine. How did you do this? Also, I tried sharpening more but thought that the image was getting noisy. Yours doesn't look at all noisy...
Gus, I would have to have climbed a tree to get a less steep angle - as it was I got funny looks from a passing policeman!!! Perhaps next time I'll just climb the tree...:eek:
Regards,
Nicki
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Hi Nicki! I duplicated the image layer. Then in the duplicate layer I set the black point for the bird's pupil and the white point for the BG in Levels. This resulted in a significant loss of detail in the darker areas of the wings, so I added a mask to the Levels adjustment layer and concealed the areas that now looked underexposed.
NIce capture. I like it. Great details in the subject. The fish adds a lot. I like Doug's repost (Doug thanks for the explanation on your editing process). My only other comment would be to add a stroke around the image. I find with these high-key images it helps me visually separate them from the page.
Hi guys, many thanks for your kind words and Doug, many thanks for your explanation! Phil, I agree with you about the border - I just don't know how to do it - would be delighted if anyone could enlighten me!!!
Regards,
Nicki
Here is what I had in mind when I said to stroke the edge.
This is the method I use In CS3 to "stroke an edge". It doesn’t change the image layer it just adds a stroke layer that can be edited without affecting the image.
Double click on the background layer. A new layer box should appear. Click OK. Then click on the Layer Effects icon at the bottom of the layers Palette (fx). You should then see the Layer Style Box.
If your image isn’t flattened, click on the image layer and the Layer Style Box should appear.
Once you have the Layer Image Box, select Stroke from the menu. Another box will open that you will need to select your choice of size (3 px is a place to start) and position (you will want to select INSIDE). Click on the color square to pick the color you want (I prefer black). Click OK. You should now have a “stroke edge that you can edit.
Hopefully this makes since.
Phil
Last edited by Phil Ertel; 08-21-2008 at 12:19 PM.
Hi Nicki, Your Osprey is very striking and a great repost by Doug. And a big thank-you to Phil for posting directions for telling us how to add an edge stroke. I need to learn that one, too.
Phil, thanks so much! I should have metioned that I use elements 6, but it sounds as if I should be able to make it work. I'll let you know!
Regards,
Nicki
Motif - high key...The Watchful Osprey...
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