Heavily cropped from the "silhouette" side. They weren't completely black, but lacked much detail. PS'd mainly to reduce shadows. Actually, I've come to prefer this subdued light. So many sunny side male finch shots are seriously blown out. I've resorted to a -1/2 comp to help control the bloom on their feathers. Yeah, I noted the edge artifacts, but a very conservative sharpening nudge was applied.
Thanks for commenting, Christian! Jack --- On Mon, 5/10/10, Christian Skofteland <pterali...@aim.com> wrote: > From: Christian Skofteland <pterali...@aim.com> > Subject: Re: PESO: Finch Pair > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, May 10, 2010, 5:41 AM > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 05:04:55AM > -0700, Jack Davis wrote: > > We have a very well utilized finch feeder. Keeps my > wife and I entertained and somewhat occupied refilling and > restocking thistle seeds. > > I attached a couple wild mustard and thistle stalks to > the feeder, to give it a more natural look, and reclined on > the patio with my K20 and forever attached DA 55~300. > > Taken from their shadow side. A little "quieter" > image. > > > > Comments? > > > > Jack > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=499 > > > > f/8, 1/1500, @300mm. > > That's not a bad shot. I like the vertical stacking > of the birds in the horizontal frame. > You need to go back in a week or so when the male is in > full breeding plumage and tell > the female to keep her tail feathers out of the male's face > :-) > > How much cropping and/or post-processing was > involved? It looks like some sharpening artifacts > are visible on the female's head. > > -- > > Christian > ------------------------------------- > http://404notfound.blogspot.com > http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
