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Description
Thia is a detail from a Mourning Dove I shot at the feeders a couple of weeks ago. I was about to delete it as just another ho-hum pose when this detail caught my eye. It was shot at 700mm and the frame included the entire bird. This is a crop to 3.6% (sic) of the original pixels.
Specific Feedback
All comments welcome! The DOF is what it is. I tried Topaz Sharpen to see if I could get a little more apparent DOF but none of the algorithms gave a good result, even with microsurgery on a mask. I think I should crop in a little more from the left?
Technical Details
Very minor global tonal tweaks in LR. Into PS for denoise and a huge crop. Cloned out a brighter triangle in the far UL corner.
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Amazing the crops we can get away with these days, Diane. Funny, I was looking at the larger image before reading your text and actually thought Mourning Dove. I must finally be learning my birds. I really like that little bit of detail and the way the depth of field works to let it go out of focus to one side. Nicely seen and presented.
Such details, Diane. Yes, the lenses and the cameras are amazing these days, and then to pull the image up on a large computer screen. I never dreamed such technology while working in the old B&W lab in the basement of my office building while working in the Public Affairs Office in the Army stationed in Germany back in the 70’s.
I prefer your lower original crop as it highlights the concentric curves. The top version chops into that curve on the left, lessening the overall effect to my eye. I might crop a little from the bottom of that shot, though, to expunge the pale brown bit in the LLC (or burn it). So many ways to crop when you have such great detail!
Diane: My thoughts echo Mike. I like the slightly wider angle and the inclusion of the entire curve. Stuff like this makes me a bit less nostalgic for the old film days. Nicely done. >=))>
