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Ringed Plover

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Posted by Malcolm Muir on July 20, 2007 at 3:46 PM
Ringed Plover
Took this in rather low light in thick fog. Plant sticking up behind the leg is perhaps a tad distracting but I thought that I would probably do more damage trying to clone it out.

Malcolm

D200
Sigma 120-300 f2.8 w. Sigma 2x TC EX
Tripod and sidekick
1/500 @ f8
ISO 400
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 20, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Hi a nice image of one of my favourite plovers.

Phillip.

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Posted by Andy Astbury on July 20, 2007 at 4:40 PM
Nice image Malcolm - the pano suits it very well :toast:

The plant should be easy to clone out - just magnify your image to 300%, use a small brush size with a low hardness, 50% opacity and 50% flow settings - this gives you very tight control with blended edges and builds the effect up very slowly.
Make different use of the 'aligned' checkbox too - have a play Malcolm, cloning is a saviour that takes not a lot of effort to understand :wavey:
Posted by Malcolm Muir on July 20, 2007 at 6:47 PM
Thanks Andy - definately worth removing the stem and useful tips.

Cheers

Malcolm
Posted by Vincent Jones on July 20, 2007 at 7:03 PM
What a little beauty, cracking little birds & very well executed & presented.

Vince :toast:
Posted by Jim Greenfield on July 21, 2007 at 3:52 AM
Nicely done and nicely cloned
Posted by John Chapman on July 21, 2007 at 8:38 AM
Very nice image malcolm. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Graeme Lee on July 21, 2007 at 7:36 PM
Looks like you've captured the mood of the crappy light well Malcolm :smile:

Liek the pano crop :toast: