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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 15 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Kathy, you were dealing with extreme contrast with the dark blue feathers and the bright worm. I took your jpeg image into the PS-CC RAW plug-in and tried some things. Highlights down 100, shadows up 100, exposure up 40, green luminance down 25, contrast up 25, texture up 33, and clarity up 20. The bird's feather detail and the worm detail are clearer, but I'm not sure the overall shot was improved. Of course, working with the full RAW file works better. You did good with a tough shot. |
Nov 19th |
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| 15 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
A beautiful shot. Perfect lighting, and a perfect degree of softening of the background behind the bird. |
Nov 19th |
| 15 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Pei-Fan, Beautiful composition, and the blue sky in the background is perfect! |
Nov 19th |
| 15 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Gloria, those little birds are hard to photograph. I love photos of them, but they're easily spooked and have to be shot from considerable distance. A much longer telephoto would have helped. But, even with a long lens, you almost have to do up-sampling, noise reduction, and lots of "sausage making" in the post processing. |
Nov 19th |
| 15 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
Gerhard, you caught magical lighting. And you rendered the bird and its wing feathers perfectly! |
Nov 19th |
| 15 |
Nov 24 |
Comment |
I love the interaction. Great photo. |
Nov 19th |
| 15 |
Nov 24 |
Reply |
Isaac, I'm glad you lightened up the "catch of the day". I tried to identify the catch in the RAW file (lightening up the entire image) and still couldn't tell what it was. So, I left it dark. But I really like what you achieved in your edit! |
Nov 19th |
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