Did you say something?

MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
edited December 27, 2006 in Wildlife
Hey did you say something?
Blue_bird5.jpg

What? Who is calling me? Is that you Fred? Fred?
Blue_bird4.jpg

Who is calling me!?!?!?!
Blue_bird7.jpg

Hehehe! She'll never know its me.
Blue_bird6.jpg

Or me!
Blue_bird2.jpg

I shot these in RAW, but looking at them now I think I need to go readjust the pictures. There seems to be too much sharpness or contrast or something. I believe these are western bluebirds (Sialia mexicana).
Stephen
www.capture-the-pixel.com

Comments

  • GaleGale Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited December 26, 2006
    I think your PP is ok.
    Prob is your to far from the subject.
    Need to let them get closer to you.
    Little Birdies are a tough shoot. 20-30 feet at the most with a longggg lens.....
    Best Regards
    Gale

    www.pbase.com/techwish
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited December 26, 2006
    Gale wrote:
    I think your PP is ok.
    Prob is your to far from the subject.
    Need to let them get closer to you.
    Little Birdies are a tough shoot. 20-30 feet at the most with a longggg lens.....

    Thanks Gale. They were just so fast and skittish. Beeelieeeeveeee me. I tried to get close. :D Anyhow, thanks. I will keep trying. thumb.gif
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited December 27, 2006
    nice jobthumb.gif
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 27, 2006
    15524779-Ti.gif with Gale. Nice work on that last shot. thumb.gif
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 27, 2006
    Hey Maestro,

    I like the last shot as well, and decided to see what happened with a couple of very small tweaks to the image. I hope you don't mind me reposting your image touched up. Let me know if you do, and I'll remove it immediately.

    Blue_bird2.jpg

    I did two very simple things. First, I used select->color-range, and picked a spot on the background with the dropper. This basically selected the background. Then I used filter->noise-median. This eliminated most of the background noise. If I was going to spend more time, I would have used a mask layer and selective blur to blur the branches too. Then I added a tiny amount of smart-sharpen (.3, 35). To my eye, it looks pretty good. I'd be curious to see what you think as well.

    Best regards,
    -joel
    Moderator of Landscapes forum
    Link to my Smugmug site
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