Western Bluebird male

Gallery: AvianPosted November 14, 2011125 views4 comments

Breeding colors on this male from last spring. I did significant noise reduction and would like any feeling you have as to "enough", "too much" or should it be "more".

E-5 50-200mm @ 200mm FL
ISO 200

Large view

Thanks for all comments.

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4 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on November 14, 2011 at 11:27 PM

IMO way too much NR. There is a significant amount of "melted" feathers showing in the larger version, making the bird look as if it is molded out of plastic. At ISO 200 there should be no meed for noise reduction assuming you didn't need to do a lot of exposure recovery or a significant amount of cropping.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 15, 2011 at 2:11 AM

I have to agree with Richard: it's got that shiny, plastic look. Can I suggest selecting the bird, inverting the selection and applying a little less NR to the background?

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on November 15, 2011 at 10:13 AM

I see I have more work to do. Thanks for comments and suggestions, Richard and Jim.

Charlie

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Comment posted by Avi Hirschfield on November 15, 2011 at 4:38 PM

Have to agree with Richard and Jim

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