Quote Originally Posted by bob williams View Post
Another nice shot Joel, But I have a question about this one and your previous duck shot. In these shots, the water and reflection around the bird look about as sharp as the bird. I know from your "lessons" that you like to seperate your subject from the back ground with a little gaussian blur. Do you also do this with the ducks in the water shots? if so, how do you keep the waves and reflection sharp?

Thanks

Bob
I use "quick mask" mode .... it allows you to "paint" a selection on your image then I blur or denoise the selected area only.