This is something I've been working on a little bit every weekend for some time now. I had a bunch of bird shots from the backyard fence, but nothing really worth using. So, I masked them out and arranged this little story. Doing a perfect masking job took a long time. It also involved some color corrections to make everything match up better. There are only 8 unique birds, most are the same individuals timeshifted.
Anyone have thoughts on printing large panos? This one is 7600 pixels wide. I would love to get a 12 foot long canvas stretched on a frame , but am open to (cheaper) ideas.
Posted by Erik Lundh on March 23, 2006 at 12:06 AM
Andy,
You did some nice "Photoshopping" here. I really think you have something here. I'm wondering if the Blue Bird in front of the fence is a necessary element. I don't know, just a thought. Canvas is really expensive. Where I work, we charge $16.00 a sq. ft. That gets pretty expensive. It's even more if you want it done with archivable inks.
I kind of feel the bluebird looks out of place where it is, although it might fit well in another area of the image. It is hard to tell with the size of the pano how he is perched there. Other than that, I really get a kick out of this image and think it would be really cool printed large. Good photoshopping.
Posted by Zack Schnepf on March 23, 2006 at 3:59 AM
This is excellent Andy! I agree that it would be even stonger without the bluejay. Nice work.
Posted by Vincent Loi on March 23, 2006 at 7:06 AM
The lighting of the bluebird doesnt seem quite rite over there. It's better to get rid of it. Other than that, it's a perfect pano. I love it
I like this PS intensive shot! I agree with the above for the bluejay, but I don't really care for that bird anyway;) Also, and this is being really picky, the green string is bright enough to draw my eye to it vs. the birds. Since you've already committed the PS deed, why not either clone that out or change the color to a more muted color? These little things will only stand out more prominently once printed larger.
CC's aside, I think this pic is great and would look awesome printed as a large pano
Everything's spot-on: exposure, focus, etc, and LIGHTING - the hardest part;)
BTW, I live in metro PDX and am not familiar with the big bird in the middle and the little one on the far right. I only see a few types of birds at our little backyard feeder. Do you know which birds they are?
Kevin
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on March 23, 2006 at 12:25 PM
This is a great idea !! Another vote to loose the bluejay, but what a sweet shot.
Thank you all for taking time to critique. Anyone notice the hawk?
Ok, ok, the scrub jay will go ... if I can't get it to fit in better. My problem is that the chickadee and grosbeak are both looking down, the jay is their point of focus. He also breaks up the repeating fence. I'll try to keep him if he works out after some lighting adjustments, or not.
Kevin, I did saturate the string. My thought was to give the lone junko something to "own". It does blend in better full sized but I'll look into adjusting that, too.
I guess I designed this with "big print" in mind. The viewer won't be able to focus on more than 1/3 or 1/2 at a time, so I tried to place little interactions across the composition. Here's a 100% pixel sample. The reason this took so long were all the little feather tufts blowing in the wind.
Posted by Mike Jordan on March 23, 2006 at 7:52 PM
If you are talking about the out of focus image on the left side in the background is the hawk, I noticed it but couldn't tell if it was really something. Great idea and project. Squeezing it down for showing on here doesn't really do it justice.
Discussion
8 repliesAnyone have thoughts on printing large panos? This one is 7600 pixels wide. I would love to get a 12 foot long canvas stretched on a frame
You did some nice "Photoshopping" here. I really think you have something here. I'm wondering if the Blue Bird in front of the fence is a necessary element. I don't know, just a thought. Canvas is really expensive. Where I work, we charge $16.00 a sq. ft. That gets pretty expensive. It's even more if you want it done with archivable inks.
I like this PS intensive shot! I agree with the above for the bluejay, but I don't really care for that bird anyway;) Also, and this is being really picky, the green string is bright enough to draw my eye to it vs. the birds. Since you've already committed the PS deed, why not either clone that out or change the color to a more muted color? These little things will only stand out more prominently once printed larger.
CC's aside, I think this pic is great and would look awesome printed as a large pano
Everything's spot-on: exposure, focus, etc, and LIGHTING - the hardest part;)
BTW, I live in metro PDX and am not familiar with the big bird in the middle and the little one on the far right. I only see a few types of birds at our little backyard feeder. Do you know which birds they are?
Kevin
Ok, ok, the scrub jay will go ... if I can't get it to fit in better.
Kevin, I did saturate the string. My thought was to give the lone junko something to "own". It does blend in better full sized but I'll look into adjusting that, too.
I guess I designed this with "big print" in mind. The viewer won't be able to focus on more than 1/3 or 1/2 at a time, so I tried to place little interactions across the composition. Here's a 100% pixel sample. The reason this took so long were all the little feather tufts blowing in the wind.
Mike