Bird on a wire
Hi Everyone,
Hope you are having a great weekend. Here is another picture of the local celebrity Northern Hawk Owl. Unfortunately this is the lowest angle I could get on him today where all the criteria was met for good BG etc. Hope the "Hand of Man" element doesn't detract too much from the photo :confused:.
Camera stats: Canon 50D, 500mm F/4 with 1.4X, Wimberley with tripod
F/6.3 at 1/250 sec, ISO 320
Thanks for looking,
Steve
Great find, details and BG. While the perch is not exactly great, I don't find it distracting. There is a slight blue cast on my monitor, raising the color temperature might fix this and I would run NR on the BG.
Re-post
Hi Axel,
Oops! Looks like the same problem as last week. Here is the repost.
Thanks,
Steve
Steve,
The repost looks definitely better. I'm wondering if raising the saturation a few points would make it even better and I might give it a bit more room at the top.
The re-post is better but it could still use a bit more punch: contrast/SAT. At least the perch is a clean one.
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Hi Artie,Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
Thanks for your comments. Here is another try. I Used the black in the bird's pupil to set my black point and the whitest part of his back feathers to set the white point. Saturation increased by +10.
Hope this looks better,
Steve
I like this one best of the three. Way to go.
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I like the composition and head turn burt the perch is not the best but I have to agree with Axel that it is not very distracting. I like the second repost but I sugest to add a touch of selective saturation to the nice green BG and the eyes. Another round of USM for web presentation can improve the result. Love this species ! ;-)
H Juan,
Welcome. I don't think that I have had you comment on any of my photos before. I have added some more USM. I guess each time the picture gets processed it looses a bit of clarity. I don't have the original here at work so I will have to post this one from the forum again.
Thanks for your critique,
Steve
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