Maribou Stork taken at Hoedspruit, Mpumalanga. Got to admit it's cute with it's wild hairstyle:D
Canon EOS 40D
AV priority
f/ 5.6
exp time: 1/1250sec
Exp bias +0.33
Focal length: 240mm.
Metering mode: evaluative
Maribou Stork taken at Hoedspruit, Mpumalanga. Got to admit it's cute with it's wild hairstyle:D
Canon EOS 40D
AV priority
f/ 5.6
exp time: 1/1250sec
Exp bias +0.33
Focal length: 240mm.
Metering mode: evaluative
Last edited by Jeni Williams; 08-26-2009 at 11:03 AM.
I guess cute can have different meanings! I'd call this guy's look "quirky" :-)
Focus point seems to be on the body and this has rendered the face and hair areas softer. Some selective sharpening would likely help on those areas. I also wish for a better head angle. I'm not super fond of your border. Good comp coming out of the corner, and you exposed this guy adequately. I like the feathers at bill tip :-)
Hi Jeni,
Well I think he's cute!!!
Agree with Daniel's comments and I'm not wild about the border either. I love the colours around his face.
Best,
Nicki
HI Jeni, I like the composition. The background is also pleasing as I think it complements the bird nicley. Daniel covered my other comments. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Jeni, I think you nailed the exposure, with good feather detail captured. With regards to the sharpness, I feel its only the first third of the beak from the eye that needs a bit of selective sharpening. I like the BG too.
Jenny, did you replace the image?? I can swear it is sharper now than it was before...
Hi Guys, thanks for comments. I know most don't like borders but every now and then I get the urge :(;)
Daniel, I haven't sharpened because it looked oversharpened on my screen, but did up the contrast. I was timed out once it was posted and when I managed to log on again it looked a bit washed out. Weird how the images differ with different programs even though I'm viewing them on the same screen!! I will add the sharpened version once I have finished it so you can compare. Thanks for the advice - much appreciated.
Stu. I lifted the shadow a bit on the top third - maybe I should burn them back a bit - will try.
Last edited by Jeni Williams; 08-26-2009 at 01:40 PM.
Have now selectively sharpened upper beak and top of head. (Still looks over sharpened on my screen?) Also burnt back the dark on the top third.
Removed border :( :o
Hope this is better?
Last edited by Jeni Williams; 08-26-2009 at 02:17 PM.
No border = better but the head turned away hurts the image a bunch (and is a good part of the cause of the unsharpness in the bill). Easing off on the red SAT and doing a 40 pixel Gaussian blur on the BKGR would improve the repost. I do like the hair do and the EXP is good.
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Thank you Art - have done what you suggested. Decreased Red saturation by 9% and bg blurred by 40pixels.
I agree re Head angle - have got another with a slightly better one, let's see what I've learnt today. Appreciate all the advice.:)
Last edited by Jeni Williams; 08-27-2009 at 02:31 AM.
I like the de-SATed REDS and most of the BKGR looks better, but I should have realized that this would be a very tough selection; you can see all of the places right around the bird where (I guess) that you erased the Gaussian Blur. You did not do badly around the top of the head so if you want to learn to do it better, go here: http://birdsasart.com/bn294.htm and scroll down to PHOTOSHOP BACKGROUND TRICK. It might be best with this image to use a 50% hardness brush when you erase the edges.
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