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Airedale1 · Friday 14th April 2006, 04:00

Taken w/ Canon 20D and 400 f/5.6L

streatham · Friday 14th April 2006, 04:08

Hi Airedale,

Good to see another New Englander on the forum. I'm not a photographer but I like the pose as it's different to your average portrait.

Luke

gloygum · Friday 14th April 2006, 06:51

Really nice photo. Good strong subject & composition. Only thing I would say is that there are alot of visible jpeg artifacts. Perhaps coming from the way you downsized for the web?

fiddle · Sunday 30th April 2006, 06:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Airedale1

Taken w/ Canon 20D and 400 f/5.6L

I like the detail. Being new to the photography game, I wouldn't recognize a JPEG artifact if it hit me in the head. Can someone please point them out to the non-initiated. Thanks.

gloygum · Sunday 30th April 2006, 10:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by fiddle

Being new to the photography game, I wouldn't recognize a JPEG artifact if it hit me in the head. Can someone please point them out to the non-initiated. Thanks.

Hi there. JPeg images are compressed & the compression process can make things appear that wreen't there in the original image. These are the jpeg artifacts. These generally occur at the boundaries between contrasting areas. So if you look at the right-hand side of the sparrows head where the yellow eyebrow meets the background, there is a wierd-looking blockiness extending into te background. That's jpeg artifact. It's also quite easy to see around the blade of grass on the righthand side.

I's sure that if you take a picture & compress it to its minimum size in photoshop (or whatever), you;ll see exactly what the JPEG artifact means.

And yes, it;s only a minor criticism, because the sav sparrow image is so strong otherwise.

gumboot

TexasFlyway · Saturday 6th May 2006, 18:11

I found the foreground distracting. Cropping most of it it out kept all of the bird intact and blending the edge frame covered the little that remained in the foreground.

I think it makes the great shot of the the bird stand out a bit more.

Just a thought.

Katy Penland · Saturday 6th May 2006, 18:28

I like your crop, Texas, especially as the blurred frame edges pop the ultra-sharp sparrow's face. Really draws your eye to the bird's eye.

Great shot in any case, Airedale!

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TexasFlyway Hook 'em Horns Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 259 My location	I found the foreground distracting. Cropping most of it it out kept all of the bird intact and blending the edge frame covered the little that remained in the foreground. I think it makes the great shot of the the bird stand out a bit more. Just a thought. Attached Thumbnails __________________ *"Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway"*

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Katy Penland Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pine Mountain, California, USA Posts: 10,641	I like your crop, Texas, especially as the blurred frame edges pop the ultra-sharp sparrow's face. Really draws your eye to the bird's eye. Great shot in any case, Airedale!
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gloygum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 145	Really nice photo. Good strong subject & composition. Only thing I would say is that there are alot of visible jpeg artifacts. Perhaps coming from the way you downsized for the web?

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