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[The Bird Nuts]

4 hours ago, IKLland said:

Thanks, what do you mean by desaturated? They aren’t usually that colorful.

You're welcome.  The entire photo is dull - everything, including the sky and the bird, is grayish.  If you don't want to do post processing, maybe you can try changing the color mode in camera.

[Seanbirds]

3 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said:

maybe you can try changing the color mode in camera.

You mean like white balance?

[The Bird Nuts]

Just now, Seanbirds said:

You mean like white balance?

No, I meant the color modes like Vivid, Landscape, etc.  Manually choosing the white balance might help in some situations, though.

[The Bird Nuts]

5 hours ago, IKLland said:

Thanks, what do you mean by desaturated? They aren’t usually that colorful.

Is it okay if I edit your photo to show you what I mean?

 

[Kevin]

Zone-tailed Hawk!

[Seanbirds]

17 minutes ago, Kevin said:

Zone-tailed Hawk!

Nice! Where?

[floraphile]

Swallow-tailed Kite dining on the wing

Edited June 25, 2021 by floraphile

[IKLland]

8 hours ago, BirdNrd said:

Portrait of a Dark-eyed Junco

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/350218951

What do you shoot with? That's fantastic! 

9 hours ago, Birding Boy said:

Amazing bird, and photo! If you look on eBird there’s literally no good shots of this species.  No neotropic experience here, but I’ve heard of their secretive reputation. Super well done.

There's only 88 photos on Ebird!

6 hours ago, The Bird Nuts said:

Is it okay if I edit your photo to show you what I mean?

 

Of course! I don't do any editing. I just crop my photos. I do this in the thing that when i upload them to my computer, it gives you an option to just adjust the lighting( dark or light, but a very simple version), or crop your shots.

[IKLland]

6 hours ago, The Bird Nuts said:

You're welcome.  The entire photo is dull - everything, including the sky and the bird, is grayish.  If you don't want to do post processing, maybe you can try changing the color mode in camera.

I like my photos to look like how I saw it. The sky was gray when I took the photo, though. Ps: maybe that's ot what you mean.

[IKLland]

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/350300971

[The Bird Nuts]

6 minutes ago, IKLland said:

Of course! I don't do any editing. I just crop my photos. I do this in the thing that when i upload them to my computer, it gives you an option to just adjust the lighting( dark or light, but a very simple version), or crop your shots.

On the left is your photo with only slight changes to the saturation, white balance, contrast, and crop.  Small adjustments can make a big difference.  I must applaud you for asking others to critique your photos.

5 minutes ago, IKLland said:

I like my photos to look like how I saw it. The sky was gray when I took the photo, though. Ps: maybe that's ot what you mean.

That is perfectly fine.  If that is what you think you saw and what you like then you can leave it that way.  I admit to editing some of my photos to make them look better than what I saw.

[IKLland]

1 hour ago, The Bird Nuts said:

On the left is your photo with only slight changes to the saturation, white balance, contrast, and crop.  Small adjustments can make a big difference.  I must applaud you for asking others to critique your photos.

That is perfectly fine.  If that is what you think you saw and what you like then you can leave it that way.  I admit to editing some of my photos to make them look better than what I saw.

thanks so much. I think I'll try a free editing system soon, and try it out.

[BirdNrd]

36 minutes ago, IKLland said:

What do you shoot with? That's fantastic!

I use a Canon Powershot SX70 hs (p&s).

[IKLland]

1 hour ago, BirdNrd said:

I use a Canon Powershot SX70 hs (p&s).

wow, that takes the best photos I've ever seen for a point and shoot!

[BirdNrd]

Just now, IKLland said:

wow, that takes the best photos I've ever seen for a point and shoot!

Thank you!

[Kevin]

7 hours ago, Seanbirds said:

Nice! Where?

Comal county/Guadalupe river. Self found to!

[PalmWarbler]

[Connor Cochrane]

Turquoise-browed Motmot

[BirdNrd]

White-tailed Kite

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/350455131

American Redstart

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/350452341

[Tim Emmerzaal]

I guess this little guy (Chipping Sparrow I believe) was hungry!

 

[Seanbirds]

On 6/25/2021 at 8:51 PM, IKLland said:

wow, that takes the best photos I've ever seen for a point and shoot!

Yours isn’t that bad either, if I may say so.

[BirdNrd]

My best photo ever of a Wilson's Phalarope!

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/350749641

[Seanbirds]

13 hours ago, BirdNrd said:

My best photo ever of a Wilson's Phalarope!

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/350749641

Nice! Love those things. I’m glad I have a half-decent photo of one.

[BlueJay]

My best Ruddy Turnstone picture. I like the clean background a lot.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/350922401

[BirdNrd]

Black-headed Grosbeak

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/350965811