Talk About A RedHead

[Barbara Ponder]

Dave, this one was done in OnOne. I finally got it to work with the new file type. I followed your directions as best I could, what do you think, did it help?

[Downrigger]

This is a beauty, Barbara. You seem to be referring to a prior version upon which this is an intended improvement. You must have succeeded in that attempt at improvement.

[Wavelength]

Cute as anything

[Barbara Ponder]

Mark and Nandakumar, thanks! Mark, I have been having some issues with noise in my photos and Dave and many other has been wonderful in helping me sort it out.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Barbara,

I assume you mean me

Dave, this one was done in OnOne. I finally got it to work with the new file type. I followed your directions as best I could, what do you think, did it help?

Well it isn't noisy, and it isn't huge, but it isn't as big I had in mind (which could have been twice this height and width, say; 1024 x 818 px.

So it sounds like it was RAW and the exposure looks pretty good - just a tiny bit of clipping in red channel, which is OK.

You certainly haven't overcooked the sharpening, it might have stood a tad more, but it isn't soft either. What settings did you use?

Cheers, Dave

[Barbara Ponder]

Yes Dave I was referring to you! Sorry should have been more specific. I went to resize in OnOne and made the height 900 pixels it automatically did the width. I did 100 unmasked sharping and 0.3 radius.

Here is the RAW with nothing done

[Dave Humphries]

Yes Dave I was referring to you! Sorry should have been more specific. I went to resize in OnOne and made the height 900 pixels it automatically did the width.

Hmmm, odd because we can see it is not 900 pixels high.

I have taken the SOOC shot re-sized to 900h x 1126w, sharpened at 120%, 0.3px and 1 threshold and spot healed 3 bits of grit away.



It will be interesting to see what it looks like beside the others.

UPDATE: looking at that, 100 - 110%, 0.3px and 2 threshold might have been better

To me, the scratched beak has come up looking a bit too prominent (must view in Lytebox at 100%) and I have made it more noisy, although that might have been better from the full-size RAW, not the jpg version of it which TinyPic had downsized to 1599 x 1278

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[GBO25]

Great portrait. Nice detail and the eye contact is spot on.

[Barbara Ponder]

Dave I think it looks great! i didn't notice the scratches as being more prominent. I wonder what is going on with my resizing on OnOne. I will need to look into it. I can't help but wonder if it has to do with Canon 7D MarkII's new format.

[IzzieK]

Very nice Barbara...and improvement for sure from your other bird images...lesser noise...man o man! I can't even spell "noise" LOL

[NorthernFocus]

Yes that's red. Is it a pet bird? Excellent detail and a nice clean, complimentary BG.

[cuilin]

congrats on getting onone to work. lovely photo.

[Barbara Ponder]

Thank you Izzie.

[Barbara Ponder]

Dan, It's one of the birds at Moody Gardens.

[Barbara Ponder]

Thanks, Beth

[Barbara Ponder]

Thanks Graham.

[Barbara Ponder]

Thanks John.