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[Ecas32]

finally got one im satisfied with, could still use some c & c though

1/320 f5.6 ISO800

 

[Chairman7w]

Looks darned good to me!

 

[Jaszek]

pretty good but seems a bit washed out. try bumping the contrast a bit.

 

[dcclark]

I like it. However, because you asked for C&C, and because animal photography is so tricky, here's one thing: the focus looks ever so slightly off. It's hard to tell exactly where, but the bird feels very slightly defocused. This may be a result of some noise from ISO 800.

However, I think it's a good bird shot -- and getting the focus tack-sharp on animals is really tricky!

 

[Gsurf1029]

here ya go

 

[Ecas32]

I like it. However, because you asked for C&C, and because animal photography is so tricky, here's one thing: the focus looks ever so slightly off. It's hard to tell exactly where, but the bird feels very slightly defocused. This may be a result of some noise from ISO 800.

However, I think it's a good bird shot -- and getting the focus tack-sharp on animals is really tricky!

i know what you mean. i actualy (for once) got the focus spot on, but i had to run it through a noise reducer and that made it a little less sharp.

 

[Ecas32]

pretty good but seems a bit washed out. try bumping the contrast a bit.

well straight from the camera, it had to much. the birds chest was almost blown out and the rest was a little dark. this was the best outcome i could get.

maybe you could help me?

 

[Ecas32]

here ya go

clean edit, but it lost alot of color...

 

[Gsurf1029]

???

 

[Mgw189]

I like the originals best the edits do nothing for me. The boost in contrast has added a green tinge to the bird. Here is my edit. Slightest curves adjustment and a little unsharp mask.

 

[Ecas32]

now when you say unsharp mask, what exactly does that mean?

 

[dcclark]

Unsharp mask is a standard sharpening tool which (counterintuitively) uses blurring to make things appear sharper. It's extremely common -- any moderately good photo editor will have it. Give 'er a try!

 

[Samanax]

Ecas32, what photo editor are you using? What is your workflow? How do you edit your photos?

 

[Ecas32]

Ecas32, what photo editor are you using? What is your workflow? How do you edit your photos?

i import into canon profesional (supplied software), edit basic in that, then if i need to do anything serious, i process in GIMP.