Eastern Phoebe

Gallery: AvianPosted November 6, 2016212 views4 comments

Thanks for the ID, Nate!

Gainesville, Florida
10/29/2016 – 8:28:17 AM
Canon EOS 7D   S/N: 2671205135 EF400mm f/5.6L USM
1/1000 sec;   f/7.1;   ISO 640
Manual;   Spot metering
LR5, PS6, Topaz DeNoise, Topaz Details, cropped to 46% of original, some cloning at top of background to make it "solid"

All of these colors are there in the original image. All I did regarding colors/lightness was use the midpoint of Levels to lighten the image a bit. But I wanted to eliminate breaks in the top of the background, so I filled them in with the same colors via cloning and blurred them a bit. Do you think this was a good idea, and/or do you think my execution of it was okay? Would you have a different/better idea?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on November 6, 2016 at 6:47 AM

Eastern Pheobe, love the calling pose and soft light here Barbara devil

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on November 6, 2016 at 9:46 AM

Beautiful, Barbara. An excellent image of the Phoebe in a great setting. I assume by breaks in the bg, you mean there were some sky areas showing or something similar at the top. I think from the results that you made a wise choice and the changes aren't perceptible to my eye. Well done.

devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on November 6, 2016 at 12:57 PM

Terrific warm coloration here in this image. I really like the composition although I might clone away the one piece of grass just in front of the bird. It's a little bit of an eye magnet. Otherwise very nicely done with respect to color levels and saturation.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on November 10, 2016 at 4:42 AM

Lovely setting and light Sandy. I really like the parallel stems and the contrast with the curved section

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