Common Grackle
Another try with my 300mm F4 . A Grackle pair have been visiting my feeders this past week . I have never seen them around my feeders before. Lighting wasn't that bad , im still practicing manual settings and checking my histogram . So heres what i was able to capture.
D80 300mm f/4 ED
F/4.0
1/200sec
Iso 200
very nicely exposed...did you reconstruct the tip of the tail?
Yes Dave i did and i now see that i was sloppy. I removed a branch.
it "can" be difficult....crooked lines and pattern repetitions are the telltale signs. Use a hard enoughOriginally Posted by Glenn Romain
brush for good detail and do edge cleanup last after the reconstruction. One often overlooked tool
is the patch tool that Artie often makes reference to.
Keep at it, still a wonderful image of what can be a difficult bird
Glenn, Nice looking details and pose. I might take a hair off the top. I'd like to see you repost with the tail reworked-might be worth the time for this one!!!
I like it a lot Glenn Agree with suggestions and can make one of my own !!! Why don't you set up a bg? Not hard to do and can make a huge difference !!!
Agree with the techs. Glenn...I like the composition and capture...I too agree on slicing a tad off the top...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
OK im working on a redo and i will remove about a inch of the top as suggested, as for the BG Alfred do you mean setting up a perch with no branches to interfere ?
Well done with the exposure - lovely colours and plenty sharp. looking forward to the repost :)
Ok sorry it's been a few days but here's a improved version of my Tail repair with a little croping of the top.
Last edited by Glenn Romain; 05-13-2009 at 06:47 PM.
a huge improvement Glenn....the more you do the repair work, the easier it gets.
Make a habit of studying and looking for repairs/cloning/patching in other images
and soon you will see what should be obvious defects......if they were a bit sloppy
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