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Osprey with or without nest?
This is the best image I have gotten to date of an Osprey. Unfortunately, the bird did not quite clear the nesting material when I got this image (subsequent images are not quite this sharp). I have attempted to remove the nesting material in another copy of the image, but there is a slight overlap where a branch covers the bird's tail feathers (making this operation a bit tricky). Is it worth removing this branch, or does the context of a nest, from which the bird is departing, make a better image?
Canon 60D, 300mm f4 L + 1.4x, @ 1/2000, f6.3, ISO 320, HH.
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Tough call. I don't know how much is cropped from the original image, but I would go for an "all or nothing" approach here. If you only have the tip of a few branches, I would probably try to remove these. If it is possible to include the whole nest, then a different composition that would include it might work.
Considering the clear background, with a careful selection job around the tail feathers, removing these branches should not be too complicated in PS.
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My vote is to leave it as you have it here, with the nest cause it shows where
he's taken off from vs without the nest and his legs/feet just dangling.
Doug
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Hi Ron. I think I too would vote to leave it in. Otherwise, you just have the bird against a bland blue sky. Another option would be to remove the nest and add some clouds. I like the pose. I think he could use some sharpening. I always hate to comment on this from my lousy monitor at work, but are the whites on his head too hot?
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You could be right Ian about the white. This was afternoon light, but still a bit harsh. I tried to recover some of the lost highlights in the RAW image.
