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08/30/2007 12:59:52 AM |
Thanks for the comments everyone, especially the detailed one from  routerguy666. My score was a real reality check, especially the 3.5 from commenters, but I appreciate the comments and have learned a lot and hope to continue to improve. I'm trying to learn PS and tried a few things on this I hadn't done before attempting to improve it. Maybe I overdid the saturation, but it did make it more like Lorikeets really look in good light. |
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08/28/2007 01:01:59 PM |
This is not meant to be mean, but the best thing about this photo is what you can learn for the next time you try and shoot something like this.
A few things that jump to my mind
- Patience. Wait till the subject is in a more suitable position. In this case that would be not sitting on a rock with bright sun spots on it that will make it difficult/impossible to properly expose.
- Focus. Might be some hand shake, maybe you focused and then recomposed - hard to say but from feet to beak the focus on the bird is off a bit. You have a good camera, don't be afraid of iso 800 or 1600 if the situation demands a higher shutter speed to account for subject movement (or to counteract the espresso you had with breakfast!) edit to add: did you have your IS engaged? Did you wait half a second for it to spin up and stablize?
- Go easy on the saturation. If you've properly exposed the subject (dependant on the previous two points) then you should not need to give the colors much of a bump in post. I know I am not alone in saying that I would start bleeding off points just for the extreme saturation of this shot.
Message edited by author 2007-08-28 13:02:44. |
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08/26/2007 09:21:40 AM |
| The over-saturated colors make it hard for my eyes to settle on one particular part of the bird. You've captured nice motion in the wings, though |
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08/24/2007 02:12:09 PM |
| Such bright colors! What a pretty bird |
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08/23/2007 12:42:47 AM |
| Sorry, for my taste, too busy, too much happening |
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08/20/2007 11:15:52 PM |
| Parrot is extremely colorful but the foreground isn't really sharp and the background distracts from the beautiful bird. |
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08/20/2007 11:07:01 PM |
| I so love birds... This is a good movement shot with lots of rich color. The exposure is a bit on the bright side, but otherwise I like the composition. |
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