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Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 13, 2010 at 5:59 AM
Kingfisher

Kingfisher, one from yesterday afternoon. As you can see the white collar is blown to bits, so I would like some advice on how to tone it down a touch ( in CS2 ) any advice most welcome.

Processed in DPP / CS2 ( Cropped )

1/800 @ f5.6 iso400

All comments most welcome and thanks for looking.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Phil Mclean on August 13, 2010 at 7:07 AM
Lovely portrait and good background Andy.
As for Photoshop advice;the term 'Blind leading the blind',comes to mind. :smile:

Phil. :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on August 13, 2010 at 7:19 AM
Andy
Not sure what version tou have but you may have shadows and highlights. If you have take the bottom slider to the right and see what happens. If not try selecting the white area and dropping the gamma. Not very technical I,m affraid but its what I'd try.
Its a nice pic and worth trying.
Cheersw
JohnR
Sorry Andy
Tried it but its too far blown Just nothing there - sorry

John
Posted by Pete Walkden on August 13, 2010 at 8:13 AM
Might be worth, if you took the shot in RAW, to try processing it through Raw Therapee, which is a free packaged from the internet. I use it, and it has a great ability to recover blown whites, better than the options in DPP. Worth a go. Aside from that, the image is lovely.
Posted by Graham Goddard on August 13, 2010 at 8:34 AM
I've always found those white areas a problem - as mentioned, if the whites are completely blown on the RAW, there's not much you can do :rolleyes:

Lovely clean image though :wavey:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 13, 2010 at 9:21 AM

Cheers guys, this is the first decent image of a Kingfisher that I've taken, so even if the whites are unrecoverable I'll have to make do until a better shots comes along :smile:

Thanks for the advice, it's really appreciated.

Andy... :wavey:
Posted by Tom Smit on August 13, 2010 at 1:14 PM
Hi Andy, great shot. I'm still waiting to get my first on film (digital film).
:toast: :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on August 13, 2010 at 2:26 PM
Hi Andy.
Little nit covered,fine image.
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Matt Cole on August 13, 2010 at 2:49 PM
that's such a shame Andy because it's a lovely shot in all other regards. I don't think there's much you can do to this one but keep at it.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on August 13, 2010 at 5:24 PM
Beautiful portrait and better than anything I've got on these beautiful birds.In camera I use -0.3 or -0,7 exposure comp this may help in not blowing the whites,not a big deal as its a great KF image Andy :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 14, 2010 at 4:14 AM

Thanks for the advice guys.

Cheers Craig, looking forward to seeing your display at Birdfair.

Andy...
Posted by Brett Lewis on August 14, 2010 at 4:29 AM
Nits covered and advice given, so I'll just enjoy the shot.. Nice work Andy and hope you get some more chances..
Posted by David Taylor on August 14, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Very nice anyway, even if it hasn't reached the pinnacle of technical perfection, according to the consensus of opinion. :smile: :wink:

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Lee Newman on August 16, 2010 at 8:22 AM
Nice one Andy, I knew it wouldnt be long before you got a good KF image. Nice pose, perch & bg :toast: .

Lee