Post your best bird shots!

[bob williams]

Tried another one of those artsy type processing methods with one of my favorite shots from earlier this summer---I have been bored with many of my h-bird images this summer and have been looking get beyond the technical aspects and to add a little "artistry" to my work---Denise, this is your fault:. I kind of like the look of these images and in fact, I am thinking about actually printing the image below. I am curious what some of you think---is this a road worth going down? So I have a question for you all: If you had to hang one of the two follow photos on your living room wall,----which one would it be? Just curious.


The before shot:




The after shot:



Thanks for playing this little game with me,

Bob

[Joel Eade]

I think if you could restore some of the original color to the bird I would like the 2nd one. The paint effect is really cool on the flowers but I like the plumage on the original better.....maybe you do the effect on a layer and then use a mask to bring back some of the original feather color and detail. Actually either one will make a very nice print....print 'em both

[bob williams]

Thanks Joel, I'll take it back in to the lab and see what I can do

[Vern]

Nuthatch w sunflower seed
5DMKIII, 600mm f4 II, 1.4X III, 1/320, 5.6, ISO 2000
Better beamer flash fill from 600EX-RT (-1 & 2/3 stops)

[bob williams]

Vern, Very nice shot, Love the comp, exposure and focus is spot on, and the background is nice creamy with good seperation from the bird---

Again, nice shot, keep em coming.

Bob

[Steph]

Thanks for playing this little game with me,

Bob

I prefer the first version, same reason as mentioned before - colours of the bird.

[Joel Eade]

Mallard pair, local city lake

1D MKIV
500mm
ISO 1600
f/5.6
1/250

[Joel Eade]

This is a composite image (stack) of a Male and Female Hairy Woodpecker. I had them both visiting my setup this morning and while browsing through the images I noticed that the way they had perched would make a neat composite so I used the same techniques as you would to stack images for a macro shot and it turned out pretty cool I think.

1D MKIV
500mm
ISO 2000
f/4.0
1/250

[TheRoff]

Joel, that is a nice one and great photoshop work.

Larry

[conropl]

This is a composite image (stack) of a Male and Female Hairy Woodpecker. I had them both visiting my setup this morning and while browsing through the images I noticed that the way they had perched would make a neat composite so I used the same techniques as you would to stack images for a macro shot and it turned out pretty cool I think.

That is cool. I would never had known it was two shots if you had not told us.