White-Breasted Nuthatch Experiment

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks:

While up at Madera Kubo B&B in Madera Canyon, AZ the other day shot this little guy early in the morning, had to use some flash, and wasn't to keen with the results. So I took him into PS, Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Black & White. Turned on Tint, played with that, then with Brush tool painted over bird & tree with black at 100% opacity, then painted over the BG at 40% opacity. Fiddled a bit more.

Uncle Gus :D

CC's welcome and always appreciated.

Olympus E-520 IS, Zuiko 70-300mm ED
Aperture priority
F/5.6, 1/160s
ISO 400
-0.70ev
Auto WB
380mm focal length
Flash fill

[Gus Hallgren]

Painting . . . .

Uncle Gus aka MP :eek::eek::eek:

[Alfred Forns]

HI Gus For this one would take some off the top, looks strange the bird in mid frame !!! I think on this one the slow shutter speed gave some camera movement since its not razor sharp as all your image.

This might be the first I like the original better, the dark patch merging with the bill is detracting !!! Do like the bg color and goes well with the blue !!

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Al:

Absolutely agree with you on your cc's . . . . sorta poor shot all around, however, cutting off top certainly looks better.

Thanks Professor . . .

Uncle Gus

[denise ippolito]

Gus, this isn't one of my favorites but your painting is awfully sweet!

[Harold Davis]

do like the compo of your repost UG, but there just doesnt seem to be much detail in the bird. so i'm with denise on this one!!

[Lance Peters]

hi gus - agree with all of the above, very close - keep at these little guys - I can see you are going to come up with a winner :)

[Gus Cobos]

Uncle Gus,
I like the final crop...:D good advise given...keep them coming...:cool:

[Jeni Williams]

lol Oom Gus, think this time it's back to the paintbrush with your low opacity to paint out the white in the bg behind the bird. Would then make it stand out beautifully!! Like the 2nd crop!!:D