Thanks so much April! You know, I was never really that interested with birds, and here I am 47, and something about shooting them fasinates me. I guess it's the challenge, and there beauty.
Archangel said:
great shot ray, he's a beauty....just out of interest do you use, usm or any other sharpening filters or do you rely on your lenses/focal distance for sharpness? lovin your work :thumbup:
Archangel, I do all my editing in Photoshop, and resizing in the Nikon Picture project. I usually shoot in RAW, adjust the exposure, then I use the levels adjustment, touch up the saturation, tune in the shadow/highlight, and add a hit of sharpening if it needs it. Now, with the neat image plug in, I run some of the high ISO shots through it, to see if I can reduce the noise level.
That is my basic workflow, very simple and fast. Some shots need a lot more work, working with layers, and other adjustments.
One tool I am learning now is the USM.. unsharp mask.. I still need to study it further, and develope the "eye" that Airic, Digital Matt and JM have for Graphics. It sure doen't come easy!
