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  • Another Kooka

    Taken at Fingal Head a lonely Kooka. Cropped pretty heavily, but I like the framing.

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    I sharp enough for a crop John. I like the framing. The shadow on the blue part of the wing is a shame, but the well lit eye and beak makes this image.
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    • Grumpy John
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      Thanks for the kind words Todd.
      Another reason to learn the Dodge and Burn techniques.

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    A bit of a play with the dodge tool.

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    • Toddyh
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      An improvement but I think you've picked up some ghosting around the breast.

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    How about now?

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    • Toddyh
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      Yep that's better.

    • Grumpy John
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      Thanks for your input Todd, much appreciated. We may not have many contributors to this forum, but every one seems keen to help one another.

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    Lovely shot John but I think it suffers a little from the crop, but I'm viewing these on my TV (longish story) so nothing looks really sharp.
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    • #6
      Just an experiment.

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      • #7
        Lovely colours in the Kooka shot John. What PP have you done?
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        • #8
          Originally posted by Isac View Post
          Lovely colours in the Kooka shot John. What PP have you done?
          Thanks for the kind words Isac.
          My PP is pretty basic unless I'm trying for a special effect.
          1. Open image in ACR and:
          a. check Enable Lens Correction
          b. check Remove Chromatic Abberation
          2. Decide if image would benefit from a crop, if so apply crop.
          3. Apply whatever corrections I think will enhance the image.
          The beauty of ACR is that it is non destructive and I can revisit the image at any time and change the settings.
          4. Open the image in PS6 and apply whatever filters, effects, changes I think improve the image.

          ACR settings for the kooka.

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          No other adjustments were made in ACR except for lens correction.

          In Photoshop, at toddy's suggestion I used the dodge tool to bring out the highlights in the feathers and to reduce the shadow on the branch he was perched on.
          I also used the Nik Sharpener Pro 3: (2) Output Sharpener and Nik Dfine 2. Both at default settings. I find that these two operations can make an image pop.
          I'm not very adventurous when it comes to Photoshop, I have so much to learn.

          Most of the colours were already there Isac, so it was an easy job.




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          • Isac
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            All noted John. Thanks for that. Photoshop will get easier, the more you play with it. For D&B it's always good to copy the original to a new layer and set it's mode to Luminosity. Select Dodge - Shadows and at 30-50% opacity brush over the darker parts. Using the luminosity mode stops any oversaturation of the parts you are dodging.

          • Grumpy John
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            I always copy to a new layer, that way when I stuff things up I just drag the copied layer to the trash bin and start again.
            Thanks for the tip on setting blend mode to luminosity.
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