The nesting bluebirds by my house continue to delight, the variety of things that baby bluebirds get fed is surprising. I have captured images of at least 3 kinds of beetles, a hornet, grasshoppers, numerous speiecies of dragonflies, some worm looking things and once the female had a wild rasberry.
I'm hoping that this week the babies will be big enough to look out of the box and that I can get some images of them being fed.
Mark
I like the composition and the bug in mouth adds some additional interest. Exposure is good, bg is beautiful, and I like the perch very much.
I am wondering if there is something happening between NR and sharpening. The feathers look a bit thick (if that makes sense). That usually happens to me when I have overdone the NR. But maybe that is how this bird presented itself?
Gail
I know what you mean Gail. I've got dozens of images of this female and she always comes out that way ... kind of looking like she is having a bad hair day, looks the same through binoculars too. She is either just a marginal specimen or having a bunch of little mouths to feed frazzles bluejays like humans :)
Mark - I am only a PS novice so take all this with a grain of salt. I thought I'd try sharpening the bird, and found that I couldn't do much with the impression of the feathers. At the same time I looked at Levels and moved the white and black ends of the graph. It seems to give the bird a bit more punch - maybe a bit too much punch?
Hope you don't mind me playing with the image.
Gail
Last edited by Gail Spitler; 07-13-2009 at 10:37 AM.
Reason: Added additional thought
I think the point of focus is not on the bird's eye, remember to focus on the eye then recompose !!!! The one thing that needs to be right on !!! PS wise I don't do much cloning but in this case might get rid of the one bunch of leaves sticking up ... sure grab attention.
I like what Gail was trying with the re post, a little more punch does help. With a sharper bird would have worked even better, as presented it accentuates the softness more.
Since you have these guys around why not trying to set up a perch? Will have some fun in the next few weeks !!!
Hi Mark - some good advice above - bird needs a touch more selective sharpening (in the original) and then some adjustments to your levels.
If you go into levels in P.S and hold down the ALT key, when you slide the sliders - it shows you a view were you can see when the white and blacks kick in.
Original does look a tad soft - shutter speed looks OK Just - perhaps you may need to stop your lens down a little more - not sure at what aperture those guys are the sharpest.
Looking forward to seeing more :)
Hi Mark,
I agree with the techs. and the sound advise given...a sharp eye is critical...also fancy clean background, free of noise...keep this as a record capture and set up for your next one...:cool:
Female Bluebird
