First Post-GBH at Nest

Posted by moose henderson on Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:17 pm

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Great Blue Heron at nest with three little ones, shot Nov 20, 2003 at Venice Rookery with Canon 10D, 500mm f4, -1/3 stop centered weighted, ISO 400, 1/50 sec at f4, shot raw mode, cropped little from all sides, adjustments to levels and saturation

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by Ken Newcombe on Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:24 pm

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John,

Nice family shot with good position of all four heads. A bit brighter would help it along.

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by Bill Whala on Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:30 pm

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Fantastic first post, John. Wonderful composition and good job of catching the little ones all at attention.

Keep 'em coming!!!

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by moose henderson on Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:46 pm

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Ken Newcombe wrote:John,

A bit brighter would help it along.

ken, i am new at this photoshop stuff, how would I lighten the image or should i have used a little fill flash, maybe -1 with better beamer

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by fredcor on Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:50 pm

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Great image John. I'm new at this stuff too and get quite confused with all the variations of image adjustments. Hope to see more of your shots.

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by George DeCamp on Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:56 pm

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John,

I think this is wonderful! This is exactly the type of image I would like and why I want to at least stop here for a morning while in Florida in a couple weeks. Thanks for posting it!

ps: You can brighten it a little in PS by using levels but there is more than one way to skin a cat. Levels usually work for me, just play with the sliders on a duplicate image and see what it does and how they work.

Actually looks fine on my monitor but it's not the latest and greatest!

Again...kudos!

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:58 pm

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And what a first post it is. A very nice photo with great subject matter and an excellent background.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Tue Nov 25, 2003 8:16 pm

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John, a fine start. To improve an already good image. Put it into PS, invoke Levels, and set the middle input slider to 1.09. Then sharpen the image two or three times using USM at 100%, 0.2, 0. The change is subtle but nice.

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by mhp767 on Tue Nov 25, 2003 9:58 pm

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Great shot, those chicks are so cute! I agree with a levels adjustment, but not sharpening- there is already significant haloing in the image.
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by Jill on Tue Nov 25, 2003 9:59 pm

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Just phenomenal, John!!! I love everything about this image!!! Try what Sandy describes, and a repost is permitted. Keep 'em coming please!!!

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by ajhand on Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:20 pm

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John:

I don't recall a first post I have liked any better than this one. It is a tiny bit dark, but Sandy's advice will take care of that.
Too bad that left bird wasn't asleep when you took this. He's a slight disruption to an otherwise perfect composition.

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by Andrew Mc on Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:33 am

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Very nice John. Great first post.

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by Juli Wilcox on Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:10 am

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Welcome! This is excellent---would surely follow Sandy's detailed suggestions to improve your web presentation. It's all there in the photo; it's quite delightful.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Nov 26, 2003 6:37 am