Still Trying! (Backyard bird practice)

[JWellman]

#1

#2

#3

#4

 

[Rekd]

Love the look on #4.

 

[JWellman]

Thanks! He avoided me all day long. He thought I was gone but then saw me behind my blind (hence the crouching going on). All day long and only two photos of him.

 

[JWellman]

One from today! #5

 

[chito beach]

4 and 5 are great shots! you can bring out a bit more detail on 5 if you work with it a bit in your editing program

 

[JWellman]

Thank you Chito! I did work on them but obviously not enough. :blushing: I'm trying to learn how to use the editor but I'm flying by the seat of my pants.

 

[chito beach]

Thank you Chito! I did work on them but obviously not enough. :blushing: I'm trying to learn how to use the editor but I'm flying by the seat of my pants.

aren't we all! Which editor do you use?

 

[K8-90]

Aw, I love watching birds!

We used to have a wonderful large backyard with giant trees that provided a great home for many birds, but we moved into a bigger house sacrificing the yard... No trees = no birds

Haha, sorry for my random complaining, lol

Great shots! I'd sharpen them a bi, if possible. Some of them could also use a bit of a crop...

 

[JWellman]

So sorry K8! I would hate giving up my property! I have birds galore here.

Chito,
Sadly I do not have PS. Hopefully one day I will break down and buy it. Right now I'm using the program that came with the Canon 50D and I'm pretty handy with Paint Shop Pro. For the last 11+ years, PSP is all I've ever used on websites.

I'm an old fart who doesn't like change. :mrgreen:

 

[JWellman]

Totally off subject so my apologies in Advance!

I was playing last night with candlelight. I had to do something while the birds slept! I've never tried nighttime photos so I thought...what the heck! But, it's times like these when I wish I had Photo Shop. I know there is a way to isolate the purple in the ribbon. I was disappointed because the purple is very important. I kept adding more candles trying to bring out the purple, but it didn't work.

 

[chito beach]

So sorry K8! I would hate giving up my property! I have birds galore here.

Chito,
Sadly I do not have PS. Hopefully one day I will break down and buy it. Right now I'm using the program that came with the Canon 50D and I'm pretty handy with Paint Shop Pro. For the last 11+ years, PSP is all I've ever used on websites.

I'm an old fart who doesn't like change. :mrgreen:

If you like paint shop pro download Paint.net its free and very nice work flow with a great bunch of options.

Paint.NET - Download

Hope you dont mind but I played with this shot in paint.net

 

[JWellman]

I tried and tried to match yours but still couldn't match it exactly. Is it a little better though? I'm not sure what else I can do it. I see more green in yours. Did you switch it from Landscape to portrait or something like that? ... I'll keep playing.

 

[chito beach]

I tried and tried to match yours but still couldn't match it exactly. Is it a little better though? I'm not sure what else I can do it. I see more green in yours. Did you switch it from Landscape to portrait or something like that? ... I'll keep playing.

Playing is exactly how you learn. I played with color correction and sharpen mostly. It looks really good just needs a bit more sharpening

 

[JWellman]

Side by side... I'd say it's pretty darn close! Thanks so much Chito! :thumbup:
(Just noticed your bird's eye is sharper than mine) EEeerrrrrrrrr

 

[chito beach]

Side by side... I'd say it's pretty darn close! Thanks so much Chito! :thumbup:
(Just noticed your bird's eye is sharper than mine) EEeerrrrrrrrr

Lookin good! :thumbup: