Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 19, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Excellent, Douglas. I like the lighting and dof you used.
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Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 19, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Really nice. I like the overall darkness of the image which makes the bird stand out. I think the background could use some noise reduction though.
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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on June 19, 2011 at 2:33 PM
I like the pano comp Doug. Bird looks good. I too might go with a bit of NR on the BG.
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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on June 19, 2011 at 7:21 PM
Doug, I wasn't sold on this one until I opened the larger version which made a big difference for me. Agree with the others about a bit of NR on the background.
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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on June 20, 2011 at 1:31 AM
Nice capture and composition. In the larger image, I see a slight halo around the bird, probably a sharpening artifact, and noise in the background. I've found I can minimize that by using the selection tool to select the bird, and then the Refine Selection command. Pick a .8 - 1.0 pixel radius. Then perform the sharpening on the bird.
As a bonus, if you then invert the selection and apply noise reduction, you can reduce background noise while leaving the detail in the bird undisturbed.
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5 commentsAs a bonus, if you then invert the selection and apply noise reduction, you can reduce background noise while leaving the detail in the bird undisturbed.