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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Mark Nadler on May 16, 2022, 07:51:43 pm

Title: Eastern Bluebird
Post by: Mark Nadler on May 16, 2022, 07:51:43 pm
Comments welcomed.
Title: Re: Eastern Bluebird
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 16, 2022, 11:30:37 pm
Great shot.

Did you bribe him to pose so nicely for you?
Title: Re: Eastern Bluebird
Post by: Mark Nadler on May 17, 2022, 11:03:57 am
Hey, Eric, my family worked construction in NYC.  Construction workers in NYC know how to whistle to make the "birds" go into this pose.  I learned it from my father.

mark
Title: Re: Eastern Bluebird
Post by: francois on May 17, 2022, 11:19:40 am
Hey, Eric, my family worked construction in NYC.  Construction workers in NYC know how to whistle to make the "birds" go into this pose.  I learned it from my father.

mark

Very nice shot… So, you're a bird charmer (and don't use a flute like with snakes).  ;D
Title: Re: Eastern Bluebird
Post by: PeterAit on May 17, 2022, 11:45:19 am
Comments welcomed.

It's a lovely photo in most resprects but it is not really sharp, and that detracts from it. Have you tried post-processing tools to improve sharpness?
Title: Re: Eastern Bluebird
Post by: Mark Nadler on May 17, 2022, 01:35:08 pm
Thanks, francois.  My wife keeps my "bird" charming skills in check. 

PeterAit, when I finished processing this image I looked at its whiskers around it beak and they looked sharp to me at both 100% and 200%.  Normally, for me this is a pretty good indicator that I have the right amount of sharpening.  I do not like over sharpened images.  However, given your comment I looked again at this image and I could see its feathers look slightly muddled.  I decided to add a bit more texture to the image and it definitely improved the appearance of the bird's feather separation.  What do you think?

mark
Title: Re: Eastern Bluebird
Post by: PeterAit on May 17, 2022, 04:11:35 pm
Yes, noticibly better!
Title: Re: Eastern Bluebird
Post by: Mark Nadler on May 18, 2022, 11:30:06 am
PeterAit, thanks.

mark