I took this at point blank range after Rachel had given a flying display (and took off for about 25 minutes on her own before she came back which was quite funny!)
So I have a techie question, I like the pic, but if you notice I am getting colour spill from the handler's arm (He was wearing a red shirt) Are there any good ways to remove it? Pls don't suggest cloning, it takes to long and I don't like the look of it too much. Maybe no one finds it distracting, but I do.
So specs:
Taken in bright sun
OEV ( Didn't have to tweak too much in photoshop as the exposure looked pretty good)
ISO 100
f2.8 ( I was trying to focus in on the eye)
17-55 @49mm
1/6000s
Cropped a little from the original
Handheld
Last edited by Jackie Schuknecht; 10-07-2008 at 10:33 AM.
Reason: spelling
Jackie, if this image is nearly full frame, have you considered doing a tighter crop on it? That way zeroing in on the amazing face and you no longer need to be concerned about the colour spill.
Jackie, how about selectively desaturating the red channel in hue/saturation. This has worked for me in the past!
Agree that it is distracting bur such a lovely shot!
Regards,
Nicki
Super photo I like it. quickest & easiest way if you don't want to crop arm off.
Select brush, then press left brackest to make it smaller to about 1/4" (Right brackets make it larger) click on colour square in side tool bar, brings up colour selector, click blue sky close to arm you want to remove. Make sure brush is "0" hardness, make opacity about 30%, then carefully click on portion you want to remove. If you are not close to anything other than piece you want to remove you can make it a much higher opacity. Sometimes instead of cloning a background (Always use large size & low opacity when cloning).
Because colour sometimes bleeds over on bird or animal, you can use the brush method with very low opacity, changing size of brush quite often, smaller near subject, and much larger away from object, I go down to 10% opacity sometimes with brush as large as 1" when it fits & you can very subtly smooth out colours. Quick Mask can also get you close to subject without blurring over. Quick Mask also has the advantage when selecting what you want to moved that after selecting as close as you can get when using the brush, you can press "E" (Eraser) and fine tune your selection. Robert O'tooles APTATS-1, available at Arties Website has very simple concise tutorials on using Quick Mask.
Excuse me being windy
Uncle Gus
Last edited by Gus Hallgren; 10-07-2008 at 12:02 PM.
What do you think of the wing selectively enhanced with handler's arm painted over? I left other wing as is, but you might like it enhanced similar to left one?
Uncle Gus
BTW: I didn't like cropping off arm as it took away curve of chest. My changes are not saying it is better but to only show you what can be done. Everybody has different tastes. Now if I was going to use the photo for a Note card, I would enhance the other wing as it would print out better, especially when I change colour space sRBG to Adobe RGB (1998) when printing in Photoshop.
I like the darkening of the wing, still not too sure what to do about the red on the chest. Thanks for all your tips Gus. I do eventually print some of these up on archival paper on my Epson Printer so your tips will help. Thanks for taking the time to write and tweak the photo. It is appreciated.
Good composition Lady Jackie, I like the powerful expression. You have good color rendition, but might want to kick it up a notch on the contrast. good job I like it...:cool:
Rachel the Peregrine
