What did you shoot? September 13th through September 19th.

[ddt0725]

Here's a smaller one ...I hope! [:P]

[Jayson]

Denise, love the red tail. Great capture. I can never get close enough to one to get a proper picture, but you have a great one.


Sean, that is awesome lighting. Only wish I could do that half as good as you can.


John, nice luck with the birds being so close in distance from one another. I have to wait 3 months between sightings. Great captures.

[Sean Setters]

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I like how the background is perfectly suited to the bird--there is less gravel behind the bird's legs making them stand out.

[elmo_2006]

As they say *just chiming in*! Great photos everyone; Sean, you've got some serious skills there.











Not the best but worth the effort I guess....LOL

[Sheiky]

Wow, nice shots people! I only shot a few photos at a familyreunion and I will safe you all from seeying those [:P]


Sean, I love the photoshoot with the girls. The angle on the bench shot is great, I like it.


Those butterfly shots are really nice Jayson. It gets me wondering why I have a dedicated macro-lens []


Denise I like what you did with the background, but indeed if it would be smoother it would be better. How did you do this?


Nice work everybody!


Jan

[ddt0725]

Denise I like what you did with the background, but indeed if it would be smoother it would be better. How did you do this?

Hi Jan -
I wish I knew how to make it smoother and get rid of the lines. I first did it in Elements and it was even worse than this so then I used Corel Paint Shop Pro X3 and got to the edges of the hawk much easier and better but till produced the lines (less noticeable than Elements did, but still there). I had Paint Shop Pro back from my P&amp;S days, very inexpensive program that is easy to use.

Denise

[Sheiky]

Hey Denise,


I quickly tried it in PS CS5 and I'm not getting the lines using the graduated filter, quick example, don't mind the bad selection:





I'm not sure what causes the lines in your one. Is it also visible in the editing software? If it's only visible after saving to JPG it might be a quality-issue or a bad re-size.


Here's the effect when I use a lower quality JPG output:





Jan

[Richard Lane]

Sean,


I really like themodel lying on the bench!


I also like thephoto of the little boy sitting on the floor.


Denise,


Great capture of the Hawk with that full wing span.


Rich

[ddt0725]

I quickly tried it in PS CS5 and I'm not getting the lines using the graduated filter, quick example, don't mind the bad selection:

Wow, Jan! Thanks for improving my photo! [Y] I couldn't even get Elements to give me this good of results!

Thank you!

Denise

[ddt0725]

Denise,


Great capture of the Hawk with that full wing span.


Rich

Thanks, Rich! It is one of my best captures and I owe alot of credit to Jan for the background improvement!

Denise