MOTIF: Yellowthroats

Posted by matt kuchta on Wed Feb 04, 2004 2:25 pm

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10D, 1-4IS @ 390
1/500
f5.6
Exp -1/3
ISO 200

A slight crop and some work in PS to tone down the shadows on the birds' heads. Still seems a little bright, but I'm not sure if further work is really warranted on this one.

From this summer: father had just gotten done giving junior breakfast.

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by Bill Whala on Wed Feb 04, 2004 2:37 pm

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Matt,

I think this one is worth working on. It is a very nice father and son image. I like it a lot.

I took this into PS and gave it a -10 brightness, +10 contrast, +10 saturation and a couple shots of USM. Here is the result:

I hope you don't mind me reposting your image. I will remove it at your request.

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by matt kuchta on Wed Feb 04, 2004 2:51 pm

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Thanks Bill - I like your work there - looks like I may end up using this one after all

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:55 pm

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Matt, nice intimate shot. Still has some hot spots but a keeper for sure.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:03 pm

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Nice image, Matt. I prefer the repost.

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by Matthew Whitley on Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:50 pm

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The repost is very nice... the light didn't give you much to work with, but you made an excellent shot out of it. Very nice.
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by Wayne Nicholas on Wed Feb 04, 2004 7:18 pm

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I think the shot is a keeper. Don't get too many couples shots like that.

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by LHays on Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:53 pm

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Matt
Most definitely a keeper. The repost is better. One warbler is hard to get....two is incredibly difficult. Excellent job working with the light in this one.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Thu Feb 05, 2004 6:24 am