Canon 40D
100-400mm
ISO 800
1/1000 sec. at f/5.6
HH- no flash
ENP-
not sure how to PP this. can it be saved? Didn't want to oversharpen him-but could prob. add a little to face
Hope the ID is correct!
PS- There was no other angle to shoot from
Denise you get what you get sometimes, changing to a better position isn't always an option. I would get rid of the sticks heading down from the body and maybe the one coming right out te back of his head. Lighten the face/eyes a bit and sharpen.
Hi Lady Denise,
I like the capture...agree with Nonda in reference to moving around to find a better capture angle due to the busy background filled with branches all over the place...I know its difficult with these little guys, because its part of their natural habitat...I made a few changes to your original composition as far as cloning out the branches that were intersecting your Owl.also cropped for the rule of 1/3. and reconstructed part of the bird's body, eliminating the oof element in the lower left corner of the frame...I opened up the area around the eyes and selective sharpened, also blurred the background a tad more ...hope you agree and like...:cool:
Very interesting looking bird Denise. I like both repost and probably Uncle Gus's the best. The second foot looks good. Sad looking eyes though. Must be feeding time. Little guy is hungry. Dave
Sharp eyes you have young lady . . . my old peepers missed that, but it should not show now ;)
How I did that?
Saved your posted photo as a PSD> Cropped out bottom right side of owl, Clicked Image>Rotate>Flip Horizonta>Saved it as Wing.PSD, Clicked File>Recent>Owl>Owl & wing now both in workplace>clicked "V" (Move) and dragged wing into place on top OWL>Owl & Wing now both on Layers>Selected Wing layer>pressed "E" (erase) Hardness "0", opacity "50%" to start and lowering as I blended splice on new wing.
I have a folder of BG's I have photograped with no DOF, Chose a Palo Verde tree branches, cropped and sized the same as Owl graphic. Opened it in CS4>pressed "V" (Move) and holding down shift (To perfectly aligne BG and subject) I moved Owl over BG.>Pressed "E" (eraser), 100% opacity to start and large size I did rough outline around Owl and branch>Changed to BG eraser, as there was not a definite difference in color between Owl and BG, I started at 50% Tolerance, lowering when I got to lower difference in color>When I got close I pumped view up to 300% and with both BG eraser & eraser, I carefully cleaned up Owl, BG & Branch.
When I got to the feet and branch that was the toughest part of all>I first saved with all layers as .PSD>then I flattened image so I could use the clone tool on branch, very carefully I cleaned from close and afar to avoid stutter marks>After getting it close, I pressed "Q" (Quick MasK) then pressed "B" (brush tool) sized it by using bracket keys (Left smaller, Right larger) painted around feet, branch and green spots, concentrating in feet area at first>pressed "Q", then Ctrl+Shft+I (invert), then Ctrl +J to create new layer for selected mask> then experimented with lightening, darkening, saturating, USM back and forth many times>then pressed Ctrl+E to flatten it again, did some more very careful cloning. Repeated the quick mask more than once to carefully try to get feet and branch clean>when satisfied, cropped slightly and then did a regular workflow till I was reasonably satisfied (See, I did miss blending the center that you caught :o)
Also played with transplant so outside edge was not a perfect match with where it came from.
Took it into Corel 4 Painter essentials, and painted it.
One of those enhancements where stubborness carries you through when it gets tough. Sure some of the Guru's could come up with an easier way . . . .
Barred Owl Imm.
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