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Marilynne

Marilynne

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Re: Bird in Flight

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dramtastic

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I know what you mean Mike but I still like it also. For me that's pretty much the most difficult bird shot to capture, a bird coming at you almost dead on. I delete most of mine. I think if the wings were both horizontal it would not have worked. Hitting the go button while their was a slight rotation of the BIF with the other wing vertical saved it. In the end, nice capture, though I may have tried to pop the red/magenta colors on the pigeon(?) in post for a bit more contrast if possible because of the dull light in the background.
 
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mikew_RIP

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dramtastic said:
I know what you mean Mike but I still like it also. For me that's pretty much the most difficult bird shot to capture, a bird coming at you almost dead on. I delete most of mine. I think if the wings were both horizontal it would not have worked. Hitting the go button while their was a slight rotation of the BIF with the other wing vertical saved it. In the end, nice capture, though I may have tried to pop the red/magenta colors on the pigeon(?) in post for a bit more contrast if possible because of the dull light in the background.
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Thanks Brian i will look at that later and see what i can do.
 
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dramtastic

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Re: Bird in Flight

mikew said:
Thanks Brian i will look at that later and see what i can do.
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Actually I'll be interested to see if you have any luck Mike. As I wrote, if possible. Today I came across a heron I had not seen around these parts before with a similar shade to 'your' pigeon at least in a photo. I tried to increase the Red/Magenta as it was closest to the reddish caramel on the bird but that did not work. I increased the contrast which did not change to color I wanted to enhance but fortunately there had green foliage around the and that made the shot pop a little more.
 
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dramtastic

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I notice a slight rise in the, for want of a better word, crimson. Am I right in saying that the only part that that is not quite right is the head being a little blurry? Everything else, the flare of the tail feathers, the composition, angles of the wings, all really work.
 
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mikew_RIP

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Re: Bird in Flight

dramtastic said:
I notice a slight rise in the, for want of a better word, crimson. Am I right in saying that the only part that that is not quite right is the head being a little blurry? Everything else, the flare of the tail feathers, the composition, angles of the wings, all really work.
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Yes its the blurry head that spoils it for me,i like everything about the position and angle.
 
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