Kingfisher search continues
Posted 14/08/2011 - 06:29
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No 1 is a great shot, but as AG says the colours are well off natural for a Kingfisher. Have you post processed them other than cropping?
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Posted 14/08/2011 - 06:57
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Another one for the : 'great shots but over-saturated / colours are wrong' camp. Definitely think you are cropping too close now, introducing noise & losing detail.
It's great to see all your hard work paying off - I put in lots of hours without too much in the way of photographic reward (other than the joy of watching the pair). This is a fantastic series of shots you are being rewarded with !
It's great to see all your hard work paying off - I put in lots of hours without too much in the way of photographic reward (other than the joy of watching the pair). This is a fantastic series of shots you are being rewarded with !
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Posted 14/08/2011 - 21:29
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Well, Alan!
Having set the bar as high as you have in your previous sets........
(Mind you, how pleased would we all have been to have captured this one!)
Roger.
Having set the bar as high as you have in your previous sets........
(Mind you, how pleased would we all have been to have captured this one!)
Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
Posted 15/08/2011 - 10:42
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Thanks for comments folks. I obviously missed the spot with these.
I now have plenty of Kingfisher pictures like my first set, so was looking for something different. Do agree I have overcooked the brighness and contrast. Saturation wasn't touched at all. These are crops so they were sharpened and noise reduction applied.
Saw two kingfishers on the day. One was very blue, and this one was a green/blue
I now have plenty of Kingfisher pictures like my first set, so was looking for something different. Do agree I have overcooked the brighness and contrast. Saturation wasn't touched at all. These are crops so they were sharpened and noise reduction applied.
Saw two kingfishers on the day. One was very blue, and this one was a green/blue
Posted 15/08/2011 - 21:29
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Sorry folks made virtual copies of the pics in Lightroom. Then posted them to flickr.
Thought by doing that I could keep the originals on this page but also be able to post alternate versions with less severe cropping and less extreme boosting to levels. It hasn't worked and I've lost the originals from here.
Anyway, here are three updated versions. Be grateful for C&C on these versions
Another Kingy by Blythman1960, on Flickr
IMGP3378-2.jpg by Blythman1960, on Flickr
IMGP3392-2.jpg by Blythman1960, on Flickr
Thought by doing that I could keep the originals on this page but also be able to post alternate versions with less severe cropping and less extreme boosting to levels. It hasn't worked and I've lost the originals from here.
Anyway, here are three updated versions. Be grateful for C&C on these versions
Another Kingy by Blythman1960, on Flickr
IMGP3378-2.jpg by Blythman1960, on Flickr
IMGP3392-2.jpg by Blythman1960, on Flickr
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