Unfortunately, I don't have any frames to attempt "wing-tip" repair.
What do you think of this idea of handling this flaw: I thought of trying to increase the overall perceived dynamics of the image ... by trying this simulated PS motion blur applied to the missing wing tips. The attempted salvage idea is to attempt decreasing the attention to (by blurring) the missing wing tips. Or, is it generally a better idea to keep cropping (cut) more ... and if so, how much more?
EOS 40D, 500/4
1/2500, f/4.5, ISO 200, (face)held:), manual exposure
i dont know how to answer your question, but i have a question. how is there so much wing blur at 1/2500s? that's a ton of blur that i would not expect to see at that fast a shutter speed. am i wrong? or is it because the aperture is wide and the dof is that narrow?
Cool imaghe, Brian! I like the composition just fine the way it is. I would prefer the whole bird, but since the wings were clipped, I'd leave as is. The blurred wing effect works nicely.
Jill, Brian answered your question in his post. He bl;urred the wings in PS.
Great observation, and you are absolutely correct ... at 1/2500 and f/4.5, my original image did have sharp wings. But I felt the sharpness made the missing wing-tips flaw too obvious.. I wanted to see if I could try salvaging (even though I probably "go straight to jail" by the HAP) with this "wing-blur" idea.
I did 4 passes of "motion blur" on successive layers in Photoshop ... two progressively (each more aggressive) treatments on each wing. I also changed the angle of the motion of each of the passes (more steep near the ends of the wings) ... trying to simulate the individual direction, and speed of each wing flap.
I wanted to see if "a ton of blur" on the wings, that would contrast against a sharp bird, would be an effective alternative ... so that hopefully the eye would stay focused on the details of the bird, and also appear more dynamic.
Clipped Wings
