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    As I pulled in to park, I saw this fellow at the edge of the lot. He paid no attention as I got out my camera, tripod, and lens and began to shoot. Eventually, he turned and walked off behind a row of vegetation.The sun was low on the horizon, and the raw file shows a lot of lens flare. I cloned out one flower stalk that was right behind his head, and brightened his eye (too much?).

    Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve.
    D300, 500mm f/11, 1/200, ISO 1000. (I know - not ideal, but I was in a bit of a hurry and forgot to adjust ISO down.) SB-900 flash on camera.

    I'm grateful for suggestions, comments, and especially criticism.

    Bill

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    Hi Bill beautiful bird and wonderful you could make this capture.


    There seems to be an color cast over the image that IMO in very unnatural in look. It is up to you as the imager if that cast is desirable.
    I read it a red is hot in the darks of the image and that is east to see if one looks at the color histogram (luminosity). Red is spiking to left.

    Here is a repost after those reds were brought down by working with several colors in Selective color Adj. /Some final sharpening was applied but I felt the eye was sharp enough so I masked and brushed over it with foreground color of Black.

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    Histogram as change shows reds down in darks

    Again nice capture of the rooster.

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    This is a beauty! Very nice capture. I agree with Kim about the color cast (cyan) but would be more aggressive in adjusting. I would lean toward warmer colors, and I would darken the surrounding grass and foliage a bit to bring out the bird a little more. (Also cloned out that yellow object showing beneath the bird.)




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    david,

    I like the way you brought up the exposure or levels too.

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    This bird makes for a though composition due to the long tail, but like how you frame it. Not sure why f/11, a bigger aperture could have render a more pleasant background.
    I think that the repost are great improvement, but it means that the details were there on the original... and that David is an expert on PP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Thomasson View Post
    ...I agree with Kim about the color cast (cyan) but would be more aggressive in adjusting. I would lean toward warmer colors, and I would darken the surrounding grass and foliage a bit to bring out the bird a little more. (Also cloned out that yellow object showing beneath the bird.)
    I like your processing very much, so I went back to the original raw file and started over. This isn't quite the same as yours (would be closer if I were more skillful) but looking at your work has made a huge difference.

    Thanks to everyone for the very helpful comments.

    Bill
    Last edited by BillTyler; 05-01-2009 at 08:15 AM. Reason: forgot to include image

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