Gold Crowned Sparrow
Here goes the first post tryout. A Gold Crowned Sparrow, as shot no post processing Nikon D300 SIgma 170-500mm at 500mm no crop f 7.1, 1/200s, 0.0 ev , ISO 400, WB Auto It was one of the early shots with my new camera call it beginners luck so I did not mess with it.
Last edited by Chris Knight; 03-05-2008 at 11:50 PM.
Hi Chris Good looking bird with a fine bg !!!
I like the pose and head turn Good exposure and minimized the perch Would move the bird to the left some and increase density The darker feathers could go slightly darker btw a vertical composition would not look bad either since this is not cropped !!!
Hi Chris,
Definitely a nice image from among the first with a new camera. Just a small tweak here and there.
Curves: Moved the left slider in to just before the shadows started to clip.
Shadow Highlight, 3% highlight with tonal range 30. No change to shadows.
Crop. You could crop even more from the left if you don't mind cloning out the two taller little bits of vegetation there. Cutting either bit in half would have been bad. Artie says "If it is worth including in the frame, include it all - with a border." I'd probably crop about half way between them and then clone out what is left.
With DSLRs post-processing is a must if you want to achieve the best results. This is the way we all want it anyhow as creative control of the final presentation is as much part of photography as the actual manipulation of the camera. Very much worth learning!A Gold Crowned Sparrow, as shot no post processing Nikon D300
As you can see by Jim's repost, alot can be achieved after the fact, and his modifications were very simple to do.
Great looking subject, and you got it on a nice perch with a perfect pose!
Beautiful capture Chris with the D300 and the repost really brings out the beauty of this image. Lovely capture Chris and thanks for sharing.
Thank you all for the input I greatly appreciated. I just want to add that I am not against post processing but that this particular image had none. I was looking for something simple and good to start with. I am fairly new to taking the art seriously and want to improve all aspect of it. So I would start on composition first and work my way up to more advanced areas. Have been reading the forums and there is a great wealth of information I have found useful already.
Hi Chris, and thanks for posting such a nice image. Handsome subject, good pose, nice head angle and clean bg. Although you started with a nice digital file, all digital captures need post processing, so the sooner you start learning it the better. Most images will only need fairly simple processing, and you can learn more advanced techniques later. Welcome to BPN, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your images.
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