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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Chris Calohan on June 22, 2014, 09:51:49 am

Title: Startled Flight
Post by: Chris Calohan on June 22, 2014, 09:51:49 am

Sometimes the early worm gets the bird.

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 22, 2014, 10:07:27 am

Wonderful! I like the exposure on the bird that leaves it as a semi-silhouette. Any chance you might tame the sun to be less blown?

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Chris Calohan on June 22, 2014, 10:18:30 am

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 22, 2014, 10:07:27 am

Wonderful! I like the exposure on the bird that leaves it as a semi-silhouette. Any chance you might tame the sun to be less blown?

Thanks, Slobodan. I'll give it a shot but it was really quite bright.

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Chris Calohan on June 22, 2014, 10:22:13 am

This is about all I can get out of the light without getting a muted gray, which I detest.

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 22, 2014, 10:38:59 am

Have you tried painting with a yellow or orange brush? Or cloning/healing, using sky area as a source?

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Chris Calohan on June 22, 2014, 10:42:47 am

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 22, 2014, 10:38:59 am

Have you tried painting with a yellow or orange brush? Or cloning/healing, using sky area as a source?

I did. Looks a bit unnatural...but most likely because I know what it looked like before...

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 22, 2014, 11:56:59 am

Would something like this be more acceptable? I think it takes care of the blown branches a bit as well. Of course, I was working with a small jpeg, RAW might offer a better result.

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Chris Calohan on June 22, 2014, 01:53:48 pm

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 22, 2014, 11:56:59 am

Would something like this be more acceptable? I think it takes care of the blown branches a bit as well. Of course, I was working with a small jpeg, RAW might offer a better result.

Hmmmm, after the lightning stops, I'll give it a try. Love my APC but don't trust them either or.

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Chris Calohan on June 22, 2014, 10:41:36 pm

I tried it on a shot I made before he took to flight. Too much?

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 23, 2014, 12:21:37 pm

That looks about right. If you increase Clarity with a brush (across the sun only), you'll get darker branches.

Btw, what's APC?

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Chris Calohan on June 23, 2014, 04:04:16 pm

Surge Protector

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 23, 2014, 05:54:47 pm

Quote from: Chris Calohan on June 23, 2014, 04:04:16 pm

Surge Protector

Ah, but of course! Duh! And I was thinking you have some new post processing plug-in :)

Title: Re: Startled Flight
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 24, 2014, 12:25:10 am

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 23, 2014, 05:54:47 pm

Ah, but of course! Duh! And I was thinking you have some new post processing plug-in :)

You were no doubt expecting the Automatic Processing Corrector.   :D