What technical feedback would you like if any? Any
What artistic feedback would you like if any? Any
Pertinent technical details or techniques: Canon 60D, Canon 70-300 IS USM Zoom, f/8, ISO 1000, 1/2000 sec., EV -1.0 step. Processed in Canon DPP and PSE for color, exposure, and light shake reduction. Photo captured 10/30/20.
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I like this for how the colors of the berries and leaves match so well with the bluebird. I like the pose with the bluebird contemplating the berries. The bird seems over-sharpened or something. You might want to clone out the branch and berry on the LLC.
Thanks, Allen. I didn’t notice the LLC until I posted it! Yes, they need to be removed. I do think I hit the bird a bit hard with the shake reduction - and maybe the berries, too?
Hi Terry
Your, Bluebird is really studying the berries. The framing, eye contact and berries are vary nice. I agree with Allen on the sharpness. You may also want to bring up the blacks, for a better view of the Bluebird’s tail. Nice shot.
Peter
i really the pose of the bluebird. It has a tough decision to make. Nice composition and the matching colors are great. I might look at a bit of crop off the right side to lose some of the highlights.
Wonderful color-coordinated bird and perch! The bird’s pose and the berries would make a nice vertical. There are some very strange areas scattered around, especially on the bird and berries. Were they water droplets? They look like DPP’s often-clumsy attempt at sharpening.
I’d suggest taking the raw file into the version of ACR that comes with PSE – I think the more recent versions are pretty sophisticated. Try minimal tonal adjustments – mostly just Exposure if needed. Then try Topaz Denoise AI if you have it, with no sharpening, then Topaz Sharpen AI. It has some ability to correct for camera shake. These two pieces of software are indispensable, in my estimation. Then, if PSE has a way to do the Adobe Camera RAW filter, it can often do a very nice final tweak with lightening shadows and a bit of Clarity to boost midtone contrast. It’s best to do strong tonal adjustments in raw except when it brings out a lot of noise. Its uneven distribution can be difficult for Denoise software to handle.
Hi, Diane. I’m not seeing the areas you’re talking about. There was no moisture so, if you’re seeing something, it must be the processing that caused it.
I definitely need some kind of noise software, but hadn’t decided what to purchase. I’ll try dropping the RAW file into PSE and see what it can do. I do have a shot of another Bluebird with a berry in it’s beak that I processed vertically, and I think it’s a very nice shot. Thanks for looking and for your suggestions.
Click the posted image twice to enlarge it to the size posted – they show mostly on the white belly – when you enlarge the image on your computer to 100% you will see them. Try again from DPP with the unadjusted image and I suspect you will see them appear as you increase the sharpening slider. There is not enough detail there to sharpen so you are getting artifacts. If not there, then if you attempted to sharpen in PSE, that would be where it is coming from.
Topaz Denoise AI and Sharpen AI are by far the most sophisticated. Denoise also offers a sharpen slider that is quite good, so I would highly recommend it to start with. I think it should work from PSE.
