Posted by David Sewell on October 4, 2009 at 4:54 PM
I supose this is a logical progression from my last two postings, first a bird on a wire, then a young kestrel, now a juvenile hobby on a wire.
I spent several fruitless hours wandering around Dungeness this afternoon, arrived at the furthest hide just as five glossy ibises were leaving, and generally had one of those days we all experience from time to time. On my way out of the reserve I checked the pit on the opposite side of the road, and found this very obliging bird that was sitting on the electric cables and hunting for dragonflies. The light was falling fast and I have had to lighten the image quite a bit. Even so, it really made my day.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on October 5, 2009 at 5:45 AM
Hi David,
A wonderful bird and one i still have to get some decent shots of..
Like this shot although there is a little bit of a blue cast over it si i tried to remove the blue cast for you and used a semi transparent NIK filter to the BG.
The easiest way to remove a color cast is to do this:
Make a duplicate layer Layer>>Duplicate Layer
Make that layer the average color for the image. This will be the dominant cast Filter>>Blur>>Average
Change this color to its opposite complement Image>>Adjustment>>Invert
Now we’ll change the current layer mode from Normal to Color. This is best done by changing the Box in the upper left of the layers menu. Change Layer mode to Color
At this point we should have a gray image as we canceled all the color. It remains just to adjust the Opacity of this layer to suit. Often 15-20% is plenty but in our example, I changed it 30%. It is easily adjusted in the box in the upper right of the layers pattern. Lower opacity to suit.
If you set up this procedure in an Action, you can do it in seconds. You can download the following action and load it into your Actions menu. After running it, you need only adjust the Opacity (I have the action set at 12% opacity)
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Posted by David Sewell on October 5, 2009 at 6:08 AM
Many thanks for that, Jeroen. There was quite a strong blue cast to start with, and I thought I had toned it down sufficiently. I much prefer your version though.
Posted by Brett Lewis on October 5, 2009 at 9:11 AM
A nice encounter David and one you captured quite well, I think Jeroen has picked up on any points I had and oh for a better perch etc.. But then we all say that so very often.. You have to take it as you find it and in that sense, kudos.
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9 repliesI spent several fruitless hours wandering around Dungeness this afternoon, arrived at the furthest hide just as five glossy ibises were leaving, and generally had one of those days we all experience from time to time. On my way out of the reserve I checked the pit on the opposite side of the road, and found this very obliging bird that was sitting on the electric cables and hunting for dragonflies. The light was falling fast and I have had to lighten the image quite a bit. Even so, it really made my day.
David
Nikon D200, 600mm Nikon, Sigma 1.4x extender, 1/180th @ f5.6, 250 iso
Very nice he looks a keen poser. Wire or not still a nice shot and that's where they sit from time to time.
A wonderful bird and one i still have to get some decent shots of..
Like this shot although there is a little bit of a blue cast over it si i tried to remove the blue cast for you and used a semi transparent NIK filter to the BG.
The easiest way to remove a color cast is to do this:
Make a duplicate layer Layer>>Duplicate Layer
Make that layer the average color for the image. This will be the dominant cast Filter>>Blur>>Average
Change this color to its opposite complement Image>>Adjustment>>Invert
Now we’ll change the current layer mode from Normal to Color. This is best done by changing the Box in the upper left of the layers menu. Change Layer mode to Color
At this point we should have a gray image as we canceled all the color. It remains just to adjust the Opacity of this layer to suit. Often 15-20% is plenty but in our example, I changed it 30%. It is easily adjusted in the box in the upper right of the layers pattern. Lower opacity to suit.
If you set up this procedure in an Action, you can do it in seconds. You can download the following action and load it into your Actions menu. After running it, you need only adjust the Opacity (I have the action set at 12% opacity)
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
David
Brett