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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: mr.sharp-photo on August 04, 2010, 06:48:48 PM

Title: O HAE!! juvie BCNH and GBH
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on August 04, 2010, 06:48:48 PM

O HAE!
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/atomeyes/gbh-strech.jpg)

O HAE...?

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/atomeyes/bcnh-juvie.jpg)

both taken near the Don River

Title: GVH and BCNH...
Post by: bernie2112 on August 04, 2010, 10:50:44 PM

Nice work - the Great Blue Heron is well done. Do you do much post-processing in Photoshop?

Cheers,

Bernie

http://www.newlight.ca (http://www.newlight.ca)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniemonette (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniemonette)

Title: Re: GVH and BCNH...
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on August 04, 2010, 11:16:59 PM

Quote from: "bernie2112"

Nice work - the Great Blue Heron is well done. Do you do much post-processing in Photoshop?

Cheers,

Bernie

http://www.newlight.ca (http://www.newlight.ca)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniemonette (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniemonette)

in Bridge, i'll sharpen and adjust a bit.
today, i kicked up the blacks a bit and adjusted the contrast slightly
also sharpened and will tweaked the vibrance a wee bit so my Nikon picks look more Cannon-like (try to make the colours pop a wee bit more).

then, in PS i do another vibrance tweak and a final unsharpen mask.

i will bet that i'll get some wicked GBH pics in the next month. i can get 30 or so feet away from him while he fishes and he doesn't care. honestly, its as if he recognizes me.

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Post by: ravynne40 on August 05, 2010, 07:50:29 AM

Quote: "also sharpened and will tweaked the vibrance a wee bit so my Nikon picks look more Cannon-like (try to make the colours pop a wee bit more). "

Richard you know there is an in camera sharpen feature right? I just found mine on the D90..and you know..I just have to go check it out now lol...you can adjust it to sharpen, vivid etc..

Still.. great pictures :)
Irene

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Post by: MEGHAN on August 05, 2010, 04:00:35 PM

Nice shot of the Juvie blending in with the tree.
I might have to join you for some Heron shooting this year, it looked like the perfect place.
Looking forward to more photos from "your" spot.
Meghan

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Post by: mr.sharp-photo on August 05, 2010, 09:22:11 PM

Quote from: "ravynne40"

Quote: "also sharpened and will tweaked the vibrance a wee bit so my Nikon picks look more Cannon-like (try to make the colours pop a wee bit more). "

Richard you know there is an in camera sharpen feature right? I just found mine on the D90..and you know..I just have to go check it out now lol...you can adjust it to sharpen, vivid etc..

Still.. great pictures :)
Irene

not sure if its recommended to use in-camera features like that.
i'd rather tweak after shooting to avoid any oversharpening. takes me about 30 seconds to get it to the level that i like. also, if shooting at a high shutter speed AND high ISO, i need to do a quick post-processing tweak to get rid of some of the graininess you get in the background.

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Post by: mr.sharp-photo on August 05, 2010, 09:22:51 PM

Quote from: "MEGHAN"

Nice shot of the Juvie blending in with the tree.
I might have to join you for some Heron shooting this year, it looked like the perfect place.
Looking forward to more photos from "your" spot.
Meghan

hey,
you know where the pond is. seems like i haven't had time to visit it much this year.
but yeah, if i have the day off, i can go for a walk.