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Elizabeth Bigg
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I think it's beautiful and would be proud to have taken a photo like this - but I don't look for the technical details!
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Terry.
that photo is somthing to be very proud of, its a beautiful clear shake free shot of another of our birds that is on the decline, Tree sparrow. the out of
focus background gives a real boost to the birds plumage, and does not distract from the overall photo
the catchlight in the eye brings life to your bird.
bert.
that photo is somthing to be very proud of, its a beautiful clear shake free shot of another of our birds that is on the decline, Tree sparrow. the out of
focus background gives a real boost to the birds plumage, and does not distract from the overall photo
the catchlight in the eye brings life to your bird.
bert.
yellow_belly
Bird Watcher
Thanks for the replies, they are appreciated, and I take it that the background is not an issue for you 
- thanks.
Helen - sorry I should have stated in the original post that it was taken with a Canon 300D and 75-300mm lens @300mm using a beanbag (bag of rice from Tesco - not sure if it was long or short grain ) for support.
Terry
- thanks.Helen - sorry I should have stated in the original post that it was taken with a Canon 300D and 75-300mm lens @300mm using a beanbag (bag of rice from Tesco - not sure if it was long or short grain
) for support.Terry
Tom Moodie
Well-known member
Think I'll sell my tripod and buy a bag of rice if you get results like this. Nice photo.
Tom
Tom
Terry,
It is a lovely photo and I agree with much of what has been said. Talking about the technical aspects, the only distraction for me in the bg is the stick coming up through the bird's tail (as it were). It also appears to be oversharpened, a bit too much USM perhaps.
Brian
It is a lovely photo and I agree with much of what has been said. Talking about the technical aspects, the only distraction for me in the bg is the stick coming up through the bird's tail (as it were). It also appears to be oversharpened, a bit too much USM perhaps.
Brian
yellow_belly
Bird Watcher
Hi Brian - thanks for the comments and yes the stick you refer to seems to me to make the sparrow look like he is jet propelledbcurrie said:
Terry
yellow_belly
Bird Watcher
Hi Tom - yes as I said I cant remember if the rice was long or short grain but when you buy yours I would definately stay away from PilauTom Moodie said:
Terry
Jay Turberville
Well-known member
yellow_belly said:
I like the shot. I agree that it leans toward too much sharpening applied which surpirses me a bit considering this was taken with a 300D. This makes me wonder if the image was significantly cropped and to further wonder if the image might be improved by not being so tightly cropped? The bothersome branches can probably be improved by some burning in and if you want to spend even more time. Depending on the patterns of the branches, there might even be a compositionally more interesting crop with the bird not dead in the center. It would be interesting to see a full frame image to see the possibilities.
yellow_belly
Bird Watcher
Hi Jay - yes it is cropped quite a lot from the original and I *always* tend to crop too tightly, it is how I personally like my pictures but I must try and get out of that habitJay Turberville said:
As for the sharpening, IMO everyone who mentioned it is also correct that it is a bit oversharpened, this was an excercise for me where I only wanted to sharpen the bird and not the background so that may also contribute to the excess sharpening perceived on the bird Thanks for your input Jay
Terry
Hello,
I semi agree on the above posts..
As to me the oversharpening only catches my eye around the sparrows head, the rest of the bird looks good to me.
What you could try is after you have USM'ed the bird, use the history brush technique to remove sharpening from areas where it's standing out too much.
Or probably a better way is to create a seperate selection layer around the birds head
then lock it while USM'ing the bird. After that use a lesser amount of USM on the head layer.
Regards
Pete.
I semi agree on the above posts..
As to me the oversharpening only catches my eye around the sparrows head, the rest of the bird looks good to me.
What you could try is after you have USM'ed the bird, use the history brush technique to remove sharpening from areas where it's standing out too much.
Or probably a better way is to create a seperate selection layer around the birds head
then lock it while USM'ing the bird. After that use a lesser amount of USM on the head layer.
Regards
Pete.
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yellow_belly
Bird Watcher
Very observant Petehpeteh said:
I sharpened the whole picture first and the background showed a little noise so as an excercise I softened the background, just to see if I could Although the bird looked ok with the sharpening I had originally done the head was still 'off' as there seemed to be a slight movement in the head as can be seen by the elongated catchlight in the eye. I then did some extra sharpening to just the head to see if this could be rectified and was not totally happy with the outcome which is why I asked for comments to see if anyone would notice My thanks to everyone for their comments which are much appreciated.
Terry
