Canon EOS 3 100-400 IS 1.4x = 560 handheld F* Aperture fully open / Apture Prefered
Provia 100F exp mod - 2
Photoshop CS2 Work Flow: Levels/ Tweak Image-Adjust Brightness/Contrast and Saturation < 10%/ USM and Noise reduction Repeats if necessary/ Touch Up middle high background with select tool of upper sky between trees, feather 20 to 40 and gausian blur < 5.8
Photographed in my backyard in Santa Fe on the corner of my natural rock pond. I am proud o this. I built it 3 times. Can you guess why I built it 3 times?:D
Last edited by Peter Wallack; 09-05-2009 at 05:16 PM.
Reason: change 2 minor specs
Hi Peter, I like the environment included in your shot. I find the merging lines of the BG tree near the head a bit distracting. As presented your bird looks a bit soft on my monitor. I built a natural rock pond in my backyard and it was alot of work-but a labor of love. It attracts alot of wildlife.
I am guessing drainage problems or re-positioning.
The image at top was removed by someone so I replaced it by a corrected sharpened version that was in this box. Go to Facebook.com and see 40 Birds of New Mexico under my name PETER WALLACK. Then you tell me what's up.
Last edited by Peter Wallack; 09-05-2009 at 05:55 PM.
Hey Peter,
Just looked at some from the facebook site.......unfortunately a few look soft there too. Are you converting slides or are these digital files? You can see a few sharpening tutorials in the educational resources and here's the link to Artie's refine edge tutorial; http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=37503
Play around with that to see if you notice any difference and re-post the image if you do for comparison.
Western Scrub Jay
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