Parrots
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:04 pmWas at a mates place yesterday he asked me if i could get some shots of his hand reared birds
What do uou think?
Cheers Cobby
What do uou think?
Cheers Cobby
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:04 pmRe: Parrots
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:01 amI think the colours... dof and composition is spot on.. he will be well pleased with these... top stuff!
Re: Parrots
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:12 pmI agree with Bindii. Great colours.
Re: Parrots
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:20 pmThe colours do look great, but maybe a little too great. What settings do you have on the camera and/or did you enhance the colours in post processing?
Re: Parrots
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:41 pmI agree with Andrew. You may have been a tad too heavy on the saturation slider.
Nice pix, but I think the colours are looking a bit unnatural.
Nice pix, but I think the colours are looking a bit unnatural.
Re: Parrots
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:58 pmThanks for the comments People 
I didn't do anything with the saturation i did darken it a bit
Thats a printer Monitor thing which i am struggling with
Here are the settings and a straight conversion from RAW to Jpeg
Cheers Cobby
Nikon D80
2008/02/09 12:55:45.6
Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
Color
Lens: 90mm F/2.8 D
Focal Length: 90mm
Digital Vari-Program: Portrait
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/125 sec - F/4
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Optimize Image:
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: Manual
Flash Sync Mode: Front Curtain
Flash Mode: Optional, TTL-BL
Auto Flash Comp: 0 EV
Color Mode: Mode Ia (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Auto
Sharpening: Auto
I didn't do anything with the saturation i did darken it a bit
Thats a printer Monitor thing which i am struggling with
Here are the settings and a straight conversion from RAW to Jpeg
Cheers Cobby
Nikon D80
2008/02/09 12:55:45.6
Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
Color
Lens: 90mm F/2.8 D
Focal Length: 90mm
Digital Vari-Program: Portrait
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/125 sec - F/4
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Optimize Image:
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: Manual
Flash Sync Mode: Front Curtain
Flash Mode: Optional, TTL-BL
Auto Flash Comp: 0 EV
Color Mode: Mode Ia (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Auto
Sharpening: Auto
Re: Parrots
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:01 pmCobby,
Check the manual to see how much saturation and sharpening you get with the "Auto" setting.
If you look closely at the top of the head and around the upper neck of the red one you can see there is almost no feather detail. In fact, it even looks sort of smudged. The green one has similar, but not as noticeable problems.
Check the manual to see how much saturation and sharpening you get with the "Auto" setting.
If you look closely at the top of the head and around the upper neck of the red one you can see there is almost no feather detail. In fact, it even looks sort of smudged. The green one has similar, but not as noticeable problems.
Re: Parrots
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:17 pmCobby,
Great images, nice colours, just a couple of minor issues already pointed out.
Continuing to work away at all of my own 'minor' issues....
Great images, nice colours, just a couple of minor issues already pointed out.
Continuing to work away at all of my own 'minor' issues....
Re: Parrots
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:56 pmIf you've shot RAW you may well be able to bring back some detail by decreasing the saturation, ideally selective by colour. For example, if you dialled back the primary red saturation in the first shot some feather detail could reappear. What RAW converter are you using?
Nice posing and surrounds nevertheless, and these are great birds to photograph.
Cheers
Steffen.
Nice posing and surrounds nevertheless, and these are great birds to photograph.
Cheers
Steffen.
Re: Parrots
Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:51 pmSteffen wrote:What RAW converter are you using?
Capture NX
Had a look at the camera manual it doesn't say anything about how much it applies in auto so i would assume it varies
I think i will set it to normal and see what difference that makes
Did not even know the setting was there until you mentioned it Andrew
Thanks for the Tip
Cheers Cobby