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[FrankMi]

Or maybe should have done just a head shot. Cheeky bugger doing a bleh looks cool I think.

LOL! I know exactly what you mean. After westling with full shot issues on a bird shot I took I cropped to about this much and it took a first in the mini's! You never really know if you don't try! Even cropped, it has good detail!

[Bobobird]

Exactly! About 8 more to go through .
Guess those will be easier given all the wonderful feedback.

[ScoutR]

Re-done from scratch. The warts are softer but still there. The bird's main tail feather is broken off so perhaps the imperfections will complement each other.



Or maybe should have done just a head shot. Cheeky bugger doing a bleh looks cool I think.


Thanks again to everyone for helping out. Learned a lot of pp'ing with this. Thank you.

Bobo, love the head shot, and what you have done with the reworks. Only thing though, on the full shot I think the background is too dark (it's great on the headshot) I like the background in the original better, except for the bright spots at the edges. The hint of green to me is more natural looking and gives me a hint of context. The dark looks good, but takes the outdoors away. Also, I really think if you could clone the big imperfection in the wood below the birds feet (as Dave suggested) it would be a big improvement.

Great shots, I would be so happy with these. Both are winners, but the head shot is gorgeous.

Wendy

[lizzy310]

WOW! I can't believe you were so close and he didn't take off. I am getting a 60D before Nov. can't wait to use it. It is a beautiful photo.

Thanks Liz, glad you like it.

CIC has helped me tremendously in the short time that I have been into photography.

Camera is a Canon 550D (aka T2i). Lense is the Canon 70-300L. Distance was about 6 feet.

[Bobobird]

Thanks Liz, the 60D is a good camera much better then what I have. My next will be a 7D though.

Thanks Wendy - I tried that, came out blotchy and looked really bad. I have some shots with a cleaner board so may copy that over and blend it in. But pp for me is a real pita hehe

[Bobobird]

Re-do-do-do

[FrankMi]

Nice!

[ScoutR]

Gorgeous!!!!

This was another great schooling thread. Thanks for posting and being open to suggestions. Threads like this with such amazing shots to start with are great learning/teaching tools for all of us. Much appreciated

Wendy

[Bobobird]

Thanks Frank and Wendy.

Yes, this thread has been most illuminating.