Like this http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/
I did this quickly, but I just masked the bird, did a strong gaussian blur on the background, and feathered it before combining. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/01/04 08:12AM >>> I especially like the first shot (I have a Vivitar mirror lens and I don't think it's that sharp). In the first pic, the bokeh seems to radiate away from the bird and I like the artistic effect. I think both of these pictures are good cases to try to "fix" the bokeh using photoshop. If you selected out the focused parts, could you apply one of the filters to remove the patterning in the background? Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/31/04 06:31PM >>> David, Lovely shots, both, except that "donut" bokeh is really distracting. I know it's from the mirror lens, but were I a bug and bird guy, it'd be enough to make me stick with refracting lenses. I don't think the bokeh bothers some that much, so don't mind me. The subjects themselves are very well captured, though! cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer >From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: PAW - birds and long lenses >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:00:57 +1000 > >Just had to share my latest lot of birdie pics in this thread - had a visit >a couple of weeks ago from a really majestic bird - called the Pacific Baza >or Crested Hawk. Popped out with my camera and monopod and got some shots. >http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/baza.jpg >http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/baza2.jpg >Taken using Tamron 500/8 mirror lens (suits my needs nicely!) and *ist D. >Second one is cropped considerably, and was also at a higher ISO. > > _________________________________________________________________ http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
