Posted by Major Gilbert on December 8, 2009 at 5:49 PM
D300S + 600mm AFS II f4.
1/200 @ f4.
Ex Comp -1.0 EV.
WB: Auto
ISO: 400
OOF branch cloned out.
Major.
Posted by John Robinson on December 8, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Cloning Major ! Tut Tut !
Good stuff though Love the mean eye look. Reminds me of a lot of people I know - like err ---- I have visions of this bird saying - " you a******e.
Was it a full frame or could you get a teeny bit more canvas on the top ?
Great shot.
John
Posted by Major Gilbert on December 9, 2009 at 2:29 AM
Full frame John. The bird did not sit well alas but I didnt think it turned out to badly inspite of that.
Major.
Posted by Mark Caton on December 9, 2009 at 4:40 AM
What makes it for me is that little bit of sunlight hitting the side of the face/eye.
The cloning is not obvious to me, so not a concern.
Posted by Craig Jones on December 9, 2009 at 7:35 AM
Love the composition and the slightly lit owl's head, a well detailed little owl shot in natural settings, very nice Major
Posted by Jeroen Stel on December 9, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Wonderful crisp shot of this Littel Owl!
Like the look it's giving you.
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Posted by Iain Tookey on December 9, 2009 at 1:17 PM
A lovely shot of one of my favourite birds Sir!
I particularly like the colours, and of course the critical bits all being sharp.
Posted by Mike Andrews on December 9, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Up to your usual high standards Major.
Posted by Kim Connolly on December 9, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Beautiful sharp shot Major, like it loads.
Posted by Edwin kats on December 9, 2009 at 3:44 PM
very natural owl shot. Very nice. Not sure about the cloning. Some weird blue bits left on the right side of the bird.
Edwin Kats
Posted by Major Gilbert on December 9, 2009 at 4:00 PM
I must have done a brilliant job on the cloning Edwin as I havn,t touched the righthandside at all. Think you will find the blue bits are Ivy berry if I am not mistaken. Thanks all for your comments as I was unsure as to keep this or not.
Major.
Posted by Major Gilbert on December 9, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Here this the rough starter. Looks crap I think.
Major
Posted by Edwin kats on December 9, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Thanks Major. My mistake. You did a great job at processing.
Edwin Kats
Posted by Iain Tookey on December 9, 2009 at 5:20 PM
Having seen the pre-processed picture, I'm even more impressed!
I'd be interested to know what processes you applied if you don't mind?
Posted by Major Gilbert on December 9, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Ian firstly I open image in NX2. Go to quick fix and either adjust sliders and also may add Sat or Contrast. Then move to PCS2. If image looks ok in terms of colouration will then used image size to 72 DPI and make longest side 716 as by the time I add border its then up to 720.
Ctrl + J gives me a layer and I then go to smart sharpening and set to amount 160-170, radius 0.4. If I want subject to pop its then Alt + add layer mask symbol in layer pallet. to slectively sharpen the subject only leaving the rest of the image unsharpened. If I want it to pop a bit more I can repeat this or go unsharp mask setting Amount 50 Radius 1. and repeat the selective sharpening.
When satisfied with the result convert to sRGB add border and Copyright symbol.
Save for web.
Bobs your uncle Fannys your aunt as they say.
Cloning is a different story.
Major.
Posted by David Kjaer on December 9, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Nice one Major of a nicely relaxed bird!
David
Posted by John Robinson on December 9, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Didn't understand a bit of that Major (clever sod)but the result looks brilliantly different from the original.
I have a large amount of pics heading your way.
John
Posted by Major Gilbert on December 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM
I'm not that good John. I have picked most of it up by trail and error and its not the answer to everything by any means. There are some images that I get that just cannot be sorted and for the life of me I cannot understand why on some of them.
Gives you hours of fun and also hours of headache.
Major.
Posted by Andy Elliott on December 10, 2009 at 2:59 AM
Little Owls are a real pain to spot hidden in the trees - any tips on tracking them down, Major?
Andy
Posted by Iain Tookey on December 10, 2009 at 4:41 AM
Many thanks Major, very different to what I laughably call my 'workflow'!!
I shall try some of that on a couple of my pics and see how it goes.
Discussion
22 replies1/200 @ f4.
Ex Comp -1.0 EV.
WB: Auto
ISO: 400
OOF branch cloned out.
Major.
Good stuff though Love the mean eye look. Reminds me of a lot of people I know - like err ---- I have visions of this bird saying - " you a******e.
Was it a full frame or could you get a teeny bit more canvas on the top ?
Great shot.
John
Major.
The cloning is not obvious to me, so not a concern.
Tremendous
Like the look it's giving you.
Greetings,
Jeroen Stel
I particularly like the colours, and of course the critical bits all being sharp.
Edwin Kats
Major.
Major
Edwin Kats
I'd be interested to know what processes you applied if you don't mind?
Ctrl + J gives me a layer and I then go to smart sharpening and set to amount 160-170, radius 0.4. If I want subject to pop its then Alt + add layer mask symbol in layer pallet. to slectively sharpen the subject only leaving the rest of the image unsharpened. If I want it to pop a bit more I can repeat this or go unsharp mask setting Amount 50 Radius 1. and repeat the selective sharpening.
When satisfied with the result convert to sRGB add border and Copyright symbol.
Save for web.
Bobs your uncle Fannys your aunt as they say.
Cloning is a different story.
Major.
David
I have a large amount of pics heading your way.
John
Gives you hours of fun and also hours of headache.
Major.
Andy
I shall try some of that on a couple of my pics and see how it goes.
Many thanks!
1st image has a slight cyan cast - but those blue bits are bugging the heck out of me - they don't look like Ivy berries...