Aggressive Snowy&50-D
This Snowy was actually chasing a Tri-Color Heron. Green Cay Wetlands early morning.
Taken with a 50-D Canon and 500MM - IS L at almost full frame cropped slightly
ISO=400 f/8 w/-0.67-EC.Comp. and 1/4000th of a sec. in A/V mode.
All comments are so very welcome, thank you all so much.
Bill :D
Bill
What a great high stepper. I really like the intensity of this guy. I'm seeing some noise in the BG which I wouldn't expect.........processing perhaps?
Good looking bird Bill !!!! This is one of the few cases I really like side light !!!! Does make for a sharp image !!! Did you have to run shadow highlight for the shadow side of the bird? Might account for the noise. I like it a lot !!! ....btw is Waco open?
Originally Posted by Alfred Forns
Yes Al I had to run the highlight/shadow for the detail in the whit area, what to do about the noise?
Thank you for your comment and help.
Bill
I love the stepping pose Bill I also like the plumage on this Egret a very nice shot.
Thank you so much James, greatly appreciated.
Bill
Bill, one solution would be to run Shadow Highlight on a separate layer and then mask out it's effect on the background.
I have my own actions for working the shadows and highlights separately and don't use the S/H tool at all anymore, but you would still have to mask the BG.
If I knew how to do that Jim I would be a contender, thank you so much for your comment it is so greatly appreciated.
Bill
Sorry Bill, I should have added more details.
On a side note, this method can be used to control where adjustments do and do not show for just about anything you can do on a separate layer.
The first step is to duplicate the layer you are working with. You can do this by the keyboard shortcut CMD-J (Mac) or Control-J (PC).
Then, do your shadow / highlight adjustment like you normally would paying attention to only the parts you care about (the bird in this case).
Then, in your layers pallet (if you don't see that, go Window>layers) select the block that looks like a rectangle with a circle in it to add a layer mask.
From here, you have several options.
Option one:
Select the brush tool and set the color to black. Anywhere you paint with the black brush selected will go back to the way it looked before the S/H adjustment because it will now be masked. If you end up with black brush strokes instead of revealing the old look, make sure the mask (white box next to the layer icon) is selected.
Option two:
Use the Bucket tool, to fill the whole mask with black and then use a WHITE brush to paint the adjustment back into the areas you want to see it.
Which option you choose will depend on your subject.
If you decide you want just a little of the adjustment to show in certain areas, and more in others, you can vary the opacity of the brush you are using.
All of this sounds really wordy, but it is much easier than it sounds. Once I get some good recording software, I'll be making and posting some video tutorials.
Hope this helps,
Best,
jim
I think you ran into problems because of the harsh side light. Under a softer light, it would have been much better.
Check the Educational resources Forum, I have some tutorials on masking.
Hope to meet you soon, as the season takes off.
So looking forward to that Fabs, thank you for the comment and the hint on where to go to improve.
Bill
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