More birds (of the feathered variety!)

minimeeze · 14-01-2006, 21:55

Some more shots taken at the local bird place. Not as pin sharp as I'd like, but practice makes perfect

Matty · 14-01-2006, 22:37

second one is an ugly one innit

run the first through Noiseware, you can see where you've used Shadow/highlight tool or similar, noiseware might calm it down

MyPix · 14-01-2006, 22:42

i think that might be the back of the enclosure matt , but i might be wrong, lol

i think the first pic is the better of the two, it may however benefit from a bit of PS on the front of the head to remove a few small bits on the feathers, i find them distracting me slightly , this is however the result of such pin point focusing, lol

cant win can you.....

MyPix

minimeeze · 14-01-2006, 23:17

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Originally Posted by Matty

second one is an ugly one innit

run the first through Noiseware, you can see where you've used Shadow/highlight tool or similar, noiseware might calm it down

If you mean the vertical lines in the background, they are actually part of the enclosure. The white flecks are bits of the bird

MyPix · 15-01-2006, 11:04

all i meant were the small bits of dust in the feathers on the head,

if you pulled right into the pic they stand out better,

al i did was gently clone em out using the space next to the flec of dirt,

like i siad , its a great pic imho , this was a very minor thing , you possibly wont see the difference ?lol

MyPix

Matty · 15-01-2006, 12:12

it looks noisy in the dark area, like its been lightened, it could be Flash related, im just chucking it through noiseware now, you can see what i mean then!

MyPix · 15-01-2006, 12:16

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it looks noisy in the dark area, like its been lightened, it could be Flash related, im just chucking it through noiseware now, you can see what i mean then!

looks like an out of focus fence to me m8 ?

MyPix

Matty · 15-01-2006, 12:19

hold ur horses!

MyPix · 15-01-2006, 12:21

c'mon, i thought u were a PS expert

MyPix

Matty · 15-01-2006, 12:34

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c'mon, i thought u were a PS expert

MyPix

i havent got Noiseware installed since i upgraded, can i find the email with the licence details???

Gemok · 15-01-2006, 12:55

The difference is hard to see unless you're being a picky SOB but I ran it through noiseware on its "weaker noise" setting here are the before and after pics for easy comparison
Before

After

And since I had it in photoshop couldn't help but play with the levels a bit

Matty · 15-01-2006, 13:01

lol, thanks Gemok, picky SOB!! Its really obvious to me, sorry!

anyway

noiseware plug in does this

this is before and after shot, you can see it on this

the light patch on the chest makes it look like its been lightened, might be flash reflection, but that and the excessive(imo) noise made it look wrong

maybe my monitor is set too bright?

Gemok · 15-01-2006, 13:12

didn't think of doing a half and half picture

Matty · 15-01-2006, 13:16

i wasnt going to post it cos you already got a before and after up, but i went to a lot of trouble to do it, so i though ahhhh why not, shows what i mean in an easier way!

CriPPle · 15-01-2006, 13:17

Have to agree with Matty here (i dont think he was being picky SOB) there was obvious noise on the original, which noise reduction has fixed to make a favourable improvement to the pic.

MyPix · 15-01-2006, 13:23

hmm,

minimeeze....what do you think, as its ur pic, lol

MyPix

minimeeze · 15-01-2006, 13:51

I had to study really hard to see the difference

but yes, there is definitely an improvement there

I'm hoping that time and experience (as well as you guys) will point these things out to me as I never even noticed.

The original shot was lightened as although it looked ok on the camera, on screen it looked under exposed.

GfK · 15-01-2006, 14:12

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More birds

Ooooooo....

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(of the feathered variety!)

Gah.

I like the first one. Second one is OK but I don't like the haircut.