Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 19, 2012 at 6:48 PM
Nice detail and colors and capture. Flash a bit too strong with shadows ~ but minor nit.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 19, 2012 at 7:33 PM
Good pose and detail. The flash is a tad harsh.
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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on July 19, 2012 at 7:54 PM
Nice colors and composition. Flash is a bit stronger than I'd prefer.
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Comment posted by John Tobias on July 19, 2012 at 8:20 PM
Nice pose and sharpness, but I have never seen a Stellars jay with that light of plumage, too much flash maybe?
Thanks for sharing.
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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on July 19, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Thanks for your comments everyone. I suspected the flash was too strong. Still trying to get flash figured out. This was just the in-camera flash, which I dialed down by 2/3 stop. What would be more reasonable?
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 19, 2012 at 10:34 PM
Excellent, Jim. Nice pose and detail. If he were up here, I'd say he was a touch bright, but I think they tend brighter as you go south.
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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on July 19, 2012 at 11:39 PM
Please let me know if this is better. Or is the flash still overwhelming the image?
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Comment posted by Ed Williams on July 20, 2012 at 1:53 AM
The old camp robber. Nice shot Jim. good color and good detail.
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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on July 20, 2012 at 8:09 AM
The second image is better - but a photo that has too much flash can't, in my opinion, be fixed in PS. The only way to do it is get it right in camera, just like there's no way of "adding" flash to an image that didn't have it, you can't easily take it away.
How are you using the flash? Is it on a hotshoe? The camera's built-in flash or an external? For a shot like this, aside from dialing it down a bit, you may want to try and hold the flash a ways away from the camera - so it's more of a directional lighting.
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Comment posted by John Tobias on July 20, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Jim, IMHO the repost is much better, I think you have improved the photo significantly. Thanks again for sharing.
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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on July 20, 2012 at 10:44 AM
The repost looks much more natural to me. A bit dark in the face, but def better than the original.
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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on July 20, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Thanks again for comments. Luke, this was the in-camera flash from about 8-10 feet. All I could do was dial it down, but apparently I didn't dial it down enough. Stellar's Jays have been my nemesis. I see them every day and have hundreds of pictures of them, but there are always problems of one sort or another. Oh well, I will keep trying.
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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 23, 2012 at 7:47 AM
Jim, quick question...why did you decide to use a flash on this in the first place? For me after trying a flash on many different things...I finally decided to really only use it to rid myself of heavy shadows on a bright day. Using them any other way for avian photography just doesn't look natural to me. But again, that's my personal take on it.
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13 commentsThanks for sharing.
How are you using the flash? Is it on a hotshoe? The camera's built-in flash or an external? For a shot like this, aside from dialing it down a bit, you may want to try and hold the flash a ways away from the camera - so it's more of a directional lighting.