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Critique - red grouse (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter hampers
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Nice picture. I like the composition & I think you’ve got the contrast about right. The most serious flaw, I think, is the pale border outlining the bird against the background (one admittedly labor-intensive way you could get rid of this is by touching up the outline with the clone stamp).
psilo
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An excellent photo with beautiful lighting. The detail you h ave managed to capture is stunning too. I cant work out however if th e dried grass in the fg adds or detracts fromt he image. In many ways it works but sometimes i think first gut reactions are more important and my instinct tells me that it is too distracting though a good addition to what the habitat is like in a habitat type composition. I think if possible i would like to see a horizontal crop without the grass stems. I think alternative crops are always a great way to learn the effectiveness of composition
Fugl, thanks for the comments. I can't see the pale border you mention, on this or the original. Perhaps my aged eyes!
Psilo, thanks. Agree about the vegetation, I think it does detract. I'll try a horizontal crop to see the impact. I'm a bit concerned it would unbalance the composition though. Not sure I have the skills to clone it out either.
Phil
Psilo, thanks. Agree about the vegetation, I think it does detract. I'll try a horizontal crop to see the impact. I'm a bit concerned it would unbalance the composition though. Not sure I have the skills to clone it out either.
Phil
Helios
Well-known member
I think it's a tad overexposed. Also if it were me, I would have done a landscape style crop instead of a portrait one.
The sun's not in the best position, so you're getting the contrasting highlights and shadows, but there's not much you can really do about this.
Overall though a very nice shot.
I can't see these outlines or halos at all on my screen, which is begginning to worry me a little. I've probably got lots of these halos in my shots and I don't know it!
The sun's not in the best position, so you're getting the contrasting highlights and shadows, but there's not much you can really do about this.
Overall though a very nice shot.
I can't see these outlines or halos at all on my screen, which is begginning to worry me a little. I've probably got lots of these halos in my shots and I don't know it!
Well, maybe I’m a little over-sensitive to such things, though my eyes are pretty “aged” too. The “halo” is certainly not very pronouced & since nobody else appears to even see it my comment can probably be disregarded.
The original was landscape and I agree with the over exposure. Many thanks for the comments, all much appreciated.
Phil
I think the point of the thread is to make your comments so thank you, most certainly not to be disregarded.
Phil
Hello Phil,
In Photoshop CS3 there is a feature called 'Shadow/Highlight' under 'Image' - 'Adjustments'. It can be very effective in bringing out the hidden details from a too dark/too light image.
With your image (which had all the detail there) I was able to add some balance between the background and foreground exposure.
Regards
In Photoshop CS3 there is a feature called 'Shadow/Highlight' under 'Image' - 'Adjustments'. It can be very effective in bringing out the hidden details from a too dark/too light image.
With your image (which had all the detail there) I was able to add some balance between the background and foreground exposure.
Regards
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Marcus Conway - ebirder
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This one works well for me Phil nicely changed :t:
Thanks for that, this is out of camera other than minor tweaking in Lightroom. Like the improvement, will load PS onto desktop and have a go with things.
Cheers
Phil
Marcus
Yes, thanks it has changed it. Thought it was better as a portrait crop but was wrong.
Thanks to all for the comments. Will try and get some 7D images on, when I get chance to get out with the weather.
Phil
