This is a picture taken in June last year shortly after midday which was the only time the birds were in the air.
Pentax K10D and Sigma 400 AF.
400 ISO 1/2000 @ F5.6 Centre Weighted.
Ian McHenry
Looks like you have a pretty strong color cast. I played with getting rid of it as well as blurring some of the noise in the BG.
I wasn't using my tablet and wasn't very careful, but you can get an idea of a direction you may want to take this image.
Basically, I selected the birds and did a color adjustment with the black point eye dropper in levels. Then inverted teh selection to blur the BG. A little crop for my taste:
Thank you Jim, Axel & John.
Much to ponder here.
Appreciate your editing efforts.
I have since used Photoshop Elements to reduce red in Color Variations but came out too blue for my liking.
Will play with it image a bit more.
Ian Mc.
Great suggestions above to which I would add: Crop from the bottom for balance and this would get rid of the big ole dust spot.
later and love, artie
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