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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:07 pm
Photo taken on the weekend at the Bicennitial Park at Homebush.What do think?
Jeff
Photo taken on the weekend at the Bicennitial Park at Homebush.What do think?
Jeff
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:07 pm
Photo taken on the weekend at the Bicennitial Park at Homebush.What do think?
Jeff
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:13 pmNice Bird Jeff, i would maybe try using shadow and highlights and bring the bird up a bit, but dont take my word as i am not a bird person, or should i say the ones i like to look at dont have feathers.LOL
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:18 pmHi Jeff, personally I think you might want to give it a crop to put more emphasis on the bird. Some thing like a portrait shot since the rest of the background doesnt add much to the photo.
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:57 pmG'day Jeff,
Maybe a gentle crop to centre the attention on the bird as it tends to seem a little lost to me, be tempted to highlight the eyes if you can in PP, I think you shot RAW so you should be able to play with the exposure a bit just watch out for the highlights along the edges of the bird. Good pose of the bird too...
If you do PP a bit, I'd be tempted to select just the bird then invert and blur the background a smidge to help the viewer focus on your subject maybe.
Oh, also the thread about embedding might help too, took me a couple of goes and the preview facility helps too... http://www.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?t=2789
Cheers.
Maybe a gentle crop to centre the attention on the bird as it tends to seem a little lost to me, be tempted to highlight the eyes if you can in PP, I think you shot RAW so you should be able to play with the exposure a bit just watch out for the highlights along the edges of the bird. Good pose of the bird too...
If you do PP a bit, I'd be tempted to select just the bird then invert and blur the background a smidge to help the viewer focus on your subject maybe.
Oh, also the thread about embedding might help too, took me a couple of goes and the preview facility helps too... http://www.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?t=2789
Cheers.
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:35 amNice picture, Jeff.
I've just gone ahead and fixed your url and img code so that is actually displays.
I've just gone ahead and fixed your url and img code so that is actually displays.
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:43 amNice one Jeff.
Not sure if it's my eyes or my screen or just my head but I swear the reeds are sharper than the bird itself. Could just be an optical illusion though
As suggested a tighter crop closer to the bird would help I think. Maybe as a portrait rather than a square image?
Not sure if it's my eyes or my screen or just my head but I swear the reeds are sharper than the bird itself. Could just be an optical illusion though
As suggested a tighter crop closer to the bird would help I think. Maybe as a portrait rather than a square image?
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:08 amNice shot,what kind of bird is that ????
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:21 amHi Ben Yu
Thanks for your comments,the bird is a heron,was not a lot to chose from on Sunday the birds were rather scarce.
Jeff
Thanks for your comments,the bird is a heron,was not a lot to chose from on Sunday the birds were rather scarce.
Jeff
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:05 amNice shot and I pretty much echo everything Mudder said regards post processing.
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:00 pmNice shot. I too would have cropped it. I think that the bird is a white faced heron. But the illustration in my newly purchased bird guide doesn't show the chest to be white. Nicole or Kipper, help here please.
Regards
Meicw
Regards
Meicw