Eastern Phoebe from Jones Beach (Repost)

Posted by Christoph Belanger on Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:25 pm

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I have taken the suggestions provided and made this image. Let me know what you think. I think this is over-sharpend - I think my Photoshop skills still need to be honed, but I appreciate any comments.

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by AlexC on Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:00 pm

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The composition could not be better for my taste, the BG bokeh is just superb, few lenses can provide such a wonderful effect, not to sound contrarian, but I find the bird a tad soft on the important parts and artifacted slightly on his face, The longer you play with PS, the better you'll get, if I can do the little I know so will you!!! Congrats!!!

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:11 pm

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A nice improvement Christoph. I think the big crop has hurt the sharpness a bit, but still a very nice image.

Just a sidenote: You dont have to wait days to do a repost. You can make the suggested changes and repost it in your original thread to get immediate feedback.

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by Wayne Nicholas on Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:30 am

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I have to admit that I liked the wider angle of the first comp a little better because it gave me a better sense of place.

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by LHays on Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:07 am

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I love the composition here but it may have compromised the sharpness of the bird. I'd play with it in PS and see if you can get a little more USM without some of the artifacts.

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by Christoph Belanger on Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:52 am

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Alan Murphy wrote:Just a sidenote: You dont have to wait days to do a repost. You can make the suggested changes and repost it in your original thread to get immediate feedback.

I know, but because I have so little time to begin with, my post was bumped to the second page. I thought a new post would get more attention...

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Jan 06, 2004 11:34 am

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A nice comp - looks a little soft.

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by BrianS on Tue Jan 06, 2004 9:16 pm

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I like the composition and head turn, whites are hot and I do think the image is slightly oversharpened.

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