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Very nice framing and I agree about the head turn; however I think the foreground foliage, sadly, looks sharper than the bird in this shot, a shame as it has the makings of being a great image.
great image, would make a nice christmas card, agree with the above comments on sharpness.
Cheers
Mark.G
Posted by David Sewell on March 9, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Simon, I don't think you can entirely overcome the sharpness problem, but you can improve things a little if you take the following steps:
1. Selectively sharpen the bird only in Photoshop.
2. Make a duplicate layer and treat this to a very mild blurring using gaussian blur.
3. Use the eraser tool to rub away the blurry area over the bird only
4. Merge visible and save.
As I say, it won't be perfect, but hopefully it will be an improvement.
David
Posted by simon manning on March 10, 2010 at 7:45 AM
i'll give that a go david ,still learning all this stuff theres alot to learn too !.
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Rene de Heer
JohnR
Nice try but its not sharp where it counts sadly
David
Cheers
Mark.G
1. Selectively sharpen the bird only in Photoshop.
2. Make a duplicate layer and treat this to a very mild blurring using gaussian blur.
3. Use the eraser tool to rub away the blurry area over the bird only
4. Merge visible and save.
As I say, it won't be perfect, but hopefully it will be an improvement.
David
Simon