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Originally Posted by Joel Eade
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YepQuote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade
I know, I even tried to get him to carry a rabbit and the predator call across the field, but he was more interested in birds:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by JJphoto
To add to what Joel said: Often times, I have been out there and haven't seen anyone else. The areas with large collections of crane and snow geese usually attract quite a few people, especially in early morning or just before sunset. Weekends and holidays are normally busier than weekdays. But even when it is busy, there are many good places to shoot that are completely private. For me, the worst time to go is in November during the "Festival of Cranes". It gets very crowded then, but there are a lot of really good workshops and presentations by well known photographers and sponsors.Quote:
Bob: is it typically this crowded at this place? I would have expected far fewer big lenses. Is it a place where you have to stay on designated trails or can you hike any where you want?
I didn't really do anything special for this shot, nature just provided great lighting. The egret was just standing in the light with some really dark shadows behind it which allowed for the black background. Camera setting was 1/500sec, f5.6, iso 320.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob williams
Thanks for the compliment.
Everyone guessed which one was me fairly easily in Bob's little quiz, yes I am the one on the right with the Canon rig, camo jack and black head cover. Turn about is fair play so .... see if you can guess who this is?:p And for bonus points what does he have with him besides camera gear?
http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....91588213-3.jpg
I know-I know;)Quote:
And for bonus points what does he have with him besides camera gear?
I hope it is a bird caller, because it looks like he has frightened all the birds and other shooters off.:rolleyes:
Or is this a picture of the early bird/Bob?
If I recall correctly, I was trying to "sneak" up on a kestral in that tree behind me---It was Joel that scared off all of the Birds:p. Speaking of Joel, I have been practicing some of his PhotoShop Techniques and am starting to get the hang of it---The hardest part is devoloping a discerning eye. Here is what I did on the image below.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve U
Opened in LR3
Cropped
adjusted clipped highlights and blacks
took the image into CS%
removed a distracting branch using Content Aware Fill----I really like this tool
Selected the the background using the magic wand
inverted the selection
Used refine edge on the bird
Created an adjustment layer and adjusted levels/curves
used unsharp mask at 500% and 0.2 pixel (ran three times), but still not sharp enough, so I used smart sharpen once--this might have been an error
inverted the selection again so the background was selected
Used Gaussein blur filter and noise reduction filter
Saved back in LR3
Posted to zenfolio.
I still think the bird is soft, but that is probably because I started with a soft image that was focused more on the body than the head.
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s3/v44/p223207985-5.jpg
What do you guys think??
Her is another one---almost the same process:
http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s3/v38/p898386267-4.jpg
Very nice, Bob!! Thanks for sharing your technique!
Bonus point time, is it something to keep away the cold?Quote:
Originally Posted by Joel Eade