Technical:
Canon 40D
Canon 400 MM 5.6 L
1/2500
f/5/6
ISO = 500
EV=-2/3
Gitzo 3530 LS
Mongoose
400MM
Workflow:
CR2---->LRII (25% crop & minor exposure adjustments) --TIFF--> NN (noise reduction 2-passes on bg)-----TIFF--->CS4 (sharpening eyes and subject).
What say you regarding the crop and image. I appreciate all C & C's.
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Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 02-22-2009 at 07:04 AM.
Reason: Update
You nailed the exposure Jeff! Great pose too. I would sharpen the breast a little more. And I'd probably crop a little off the top. I know the bird is placed in the extreme left of the frame, and that conventional wisdom would be to add some canvas on the left, but I kind of like the way you centered the perch. I would apply some CCW rotation to level out the top of the perch though.
Like always great comments. I have never applied CCW rotation (or any for that matter). Is this something I do in the crop cycle, I will read on this as well. I have plenty of canvas on the left side to move around if needed. As you know, even at 17 feet this is a small bird with a 400MM.
I am running noise reduction on the entire image in NN and then using the NN brush to undo on the subject. Does the noise reduction look adequate?
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