American Robin

Posted by MIG on Thu Jan 08, 2004 3:07 pm

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Shooting in the early morning.

10D + 100-400L IS @ 400, from car winow
f8.0, 1/200 @iso200 flash on
crop from horizontal, curve adj., usm
Point Reyes NS, 2004/Jan

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:43 pm

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I'm surprised no one has commented on this yet. It is a very nice image.
The composition, pose, light and pastel BG colors are all very nice. I would clone out the white-wash on the perch though

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by BrianS on Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:29 pm

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This is quite nice.
Only changes I'd suggest is a touch up in levels to bring the Robin out a bit and clone out the poop.

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by Anthony Medici on Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:48 pm

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I like the background colors. I wish the angle was better so that less of the bird would have been behind the perch.

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by Alan Murphy on Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:04 pm

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Matthew, I agree with Brian. Some tweeks in PS can give this the pop it needs. love the pose, comp and BG.

I came back and played with this. I selected the bird and opened curves. Picking the white eye dropper, I clicked on the poop and up it came. This was a quicky fix. Could be cleaner with more time.

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by AlexC on Thu Jan 08, 2004 8:55 pm

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Like both images, nice bird and pretty good fill-flash!!
Congrats!!

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by Bill Whala on Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:39 pm

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The repost seems to have more pizzaz. Very nice shot!

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by Safariguy on Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:10 am

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The BG is what works for me here...I am not a fan of the perch hiding the feet and tail...Alan makes it pop, but it needs a lot more PS before that works...

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