Helpful Posts: Some more practice on backyard birds. I think that I might be improving but there is always room (and lots of it) for improvement.
Any and all CC is most welcomed, it is how I learn
1. Is the background too close to the bird colour
2. A bit of noise
3. Pretty good
4. really not sure about this version
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Thread: another round of birds
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10th February 2014, 08:51 PM #1
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another round of birds
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10th February 2014, 09:02 PM #2
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Re: another round of birds
I like the 4th one best, different yet energetic.
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10th February 2014, 09:09 PM #3
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Re: another round of birds
Hi, Rita. Nice images. My thoughts on them:
1 - Very nice! Background is ok, to me. Best of the set, IMHO.
2 - Focus is good. It seems you lacked a bit of light here. Have you already applied a noise reduction tool? It could give you some improvement. (if it ruins the bird details, apply the noise reduction only to the background!).
3 - I think it could benefit from a bit of sharpening. The composition is very, very nice here!
4 - Nice and different approach. I think it works as an artistic approach. I like it.
My 2 cents...
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10th February 2014, 09:30 PM #4
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Re: another round of birds
I most like #1 and #4. I wouldn't worry about the background in #1,it looks fine
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10th February 2014, 10:07 PM #5
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Re: another round of birds
Thank you John and Binnur.
Otavio thank you for the feedback. I have retouched 2 with a bit less noise and resharpened 3.
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10th February 2014, 10:12 PM #6
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Re: another round of birds
Otavio's advice was spot on. With the suggested fixes, all 4 look good. I do like 1 and 2 slight more for the feather details.
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10th February 2014, 10:21 PM #7
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Re: another round of birds
Rita, they look much better now, in my opinion! Keep on shooting!
Originally Posted by Rita
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10th February 2014, 10:47 PM #8
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Re: another round of birds
Thank you Otavio, it is practice, practice, practice. Now if it would only stop raining so I could get out there today
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10th February 2014, 10:54 PM #9
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Re: another round of birds
Practice...you're absolutely right! That's key. Regarding the weather, I would like some rain here. It's been over 40ºC (Almost 110ºF) during the last 60 days; a very hot summer! Good to enjoy the beaches and mountains but you get really sweated! Originally Posted by Rita
Thank you Otavio, it is practice, practice, practice. Now if it would only stop raining so I could get out there today So, we're never happy about the weather.
Cheers.
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