¡Hola!
This is an image of a White-necked Jacobin from Costa Rica. I would appreciate your comments :).
Saludos,
Diana
Model: Canon EOS 30D
Lens (mm): 390
ISO: 1000
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/500
White-necked Jacobin
¡Hola!
This is an image of a White-necked Jacobin from Costa Rica. I would appreciate your comments :).
Saludos,
Diana
Model: Canon EOS 30D
Lens (mm): 390
ISO: 1000
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/500
I think this looks sharp with good colors and details. It looks like the bird is looking at you. The perch though somehow appears too dominant to me here. Perhaps it has to do with its position the picture.
My two cents.
Hi Diana:
You sure come up with some neat & lovely birds. Agree with Desmond.
Keep em coming
Uncle Gus
Hi Diana - like the HA and the pose - have you done anything to the Perch?? On my sreen the perch looks entirely out of focus - I would have expected to some of it in focus and I think thats why the perch seems to dominate. (I could be entirely wrong :) )
keep them coming
I like it Diana
The focus is right at the eye as it should be and will be difficult having the perch in focus due to the limited dof. Stopping down would not help that much. I would brighten the bird a little which will make it stand out more form the bg and will minimize the perch. Excellent bg and a very good image !!!
Re posting with only a curves adjustment setting the black/white point. Further enhancements are possible. Wanted to show what cold be done in thirty seconds.
I like what Alfred has done. Beautiful colours in the bird. I guess it would have been hard to capture more of the perch in focus without changing your angle of the shot and by then the bird would probably have flown away.
BTW how do you set white and black point, click on the brightest and darkest areas of the photo?
It made a quick good adjustment to the photo.
Beautiful bird, Diana! I agree with the other comments and am awaiting the answer to Jackie's question about how to set the black and white points in curves...
Hi Jakie That is exactly correct and to find the exact place you can click on the black/white circle on the bottom of the layers palate. A window will pop. Move the slider all the way to the left (all will be blank) the start moving right till you see black areas appear. Click OK then place a mark with the dropper.
You need to select the second dropper from the menu, its the one with a cross. Click on the dark area and that will be your darkest point. Double click on the layer icon in layers palate to bring the box again then move the slider to the right then left till you see black. That will be the white point, go ahead and place mark.
Now you move the layer into the trash since you don't need. Bring the curves dialog up (command-M) and click on the left dropper then go to your image and click on the first mark. Repeat for the light (right) with number two.
This will get you close and color balance the image. The middle dropper is set the mid tone for fine tuning the color balance but its a little tougher to do. Just try finding a neutral color and try it.
Great tip, wasn't exactly sure how to pinpoint the areas. Would have done it by eye, but this really makes it easy.
Thanks!
Diana,
Very nice capture, and composition. Your subject is placed well in frame. The perch does not bother me...:)
I like what Mr. Forns did...goos show...looking forward to your next capture...:cool:
Thanks everyone!
Thanks Al, I really like what you did to the image, and better yet, thanks for explaining HOW you did it!! :);)
I will put into practice your advice to make this image better.
Gracias,
Diana
A more detailed explanation is provided here:http://www.victoriacameraclub.org/digital/Setting%20New%20Black%20and%20White%20Points.pdfOriginally Posted by Alfred Forns
Thanks Jackie! It is very good.
Saludos,
Diana
Excellent capture of this beautiful bird. Your exposure is great as is your background.
Congrats,
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