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12/30/2004 08:55:56 PM · #1 |
Got off work early today and went for a walk in the park. Here are a few shots I took. Any feedback would be welcome. Not sure what to do about the deer. They almost don't look real.
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12/30/2004 09:42:27 PM · #2 |
Drill some contrast or blur into the branches in the deer shot, because it is so light behind, the deer seem to 'stick out' like they are not real, but they are really very well shot and their detail is amazing.
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12/30/2004 10:30:13 PM · #3 |
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12/31/2004 06:05:00 AM · #4 |
| bump, how about day shift? |
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12/31/2004 08:23:42 AM · #5 |
Lol- Day Shift and night Shift.
We all live here!
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01/30/2005 08:26:47 PM · #6 |
Another walk in the park. Any suggestions for the male cardinal? I like the picture, but think I could post process better.
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01/30/2005 08:46:44 PM · #7 |
| Not sure what you can do with the cardinal. There are too many twigs to really clone out. Sometimes it's just nice to get them in their natural environment and leave it at that. Good deer photos too. |
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01/30/2005 08:55:35 PM · #8 |
Use the color selection tool to select the bright red part of the bird. Add the beak to the selection. Then reverse the selectiona nd drop red, and maybe yellow, way down in saturation. That should help.
Robt.
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01/31/2005 07:20:06 AM · #9 |
| Thanks bear music and rscorp. |
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01/31/2005 08:17:21 AM · #10 |
I'd leave the cardinal as it is. Looks like it may have been a high ISO shot, so perhaps judicious application of noise reduction, but I wouldn't mess with cloning. When it comes to nature photography, I tend to favor minimal editing. Cropping, levels, curves, sharpening, but no cloning and minimal use of effect layers. I think the cardinal is a very natural shot; Go with it.
The black-capped chickadee is technically good, but to make it really work compositionally you've gotta get that stick out of the background. It's not always easy to compose as fast as those things move though!
I'm not crazy about the female card... Her position feel unnatural (although that's impossible by definition!).
Both of the fawns are nice; I wouldn't change much in the composition. They seem a bit soft though. Could be due to hand-holding, could be it just needs more sharpening on the deer - but be careful not to heavily sharpen the background or the brush will compete for attention rather than serving as a backdrop.
Nice shots!
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