On 5/24/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't been able to process my photo of that Point Pelee Red > Breasted Grosbeak in a way that pleases me completely. The original was > underexposed by about a stop because I had thought I was going to be > shooting him against leaves rather than open sky. (I should have locked > in a manual exposure.) Anyway, i've had a tough time pulling detail out > of the black feathers without causing a lot of noise and general > ugliness. I went back for a second and third attempt. I think the new > one is a bit of an improvement even though there is less detail. Am I > right? > > Here's the original, which I posted a couple of days ago: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3387050&size=lg > > Here's the new version: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3393350&size=lg > > Should I delete the old version, the new version or both? > Paul
FWIW, I like the earlier version. The feather detail, and the colour on the legs does it for me... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
