IKLland Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 42 minutes ago, BlueJay said: My first ever edit. What do you guys think? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/406638111 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/407286031 Looks good! I may suggest cropping to something like this, but everything else looks perfect! Nice bird! Note that the quality of this isn’t as good here on whatbird, as it’s not embedded from ebird. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyonabird Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/16/2022 at 2:32 PM, Charlie Spencer said: What came out of the camera. Cropping on the photos here wasn't an artistic decision; there's a white spot on the post I'm using as a common lower left point for these experiments. This is my attempt at the edit. I am at work so I don't have my full set of tools and I did a quick copy and paste from this post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 20 hours ago, BlueJay said: My first ever edit. What do you guys think? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/406638111 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/407286031 Do you have a protective filter attached to your lens, @BlueJay? I ask because of the way the texture (for lack of a better word) of the background looks. If you do have a lens filter attached, I'd suggest removing it and comparing some similarly composed photos with and without the filter. While I like the idea of an extra layer of protection on a lens, I have found that I don't like the effect the filter has on my images. If you don't have a lens filter attached, this won't apply to you but maybe others might consider whether a protective lens is worth it. I was always in favour of attaching a lens filter as soon as I bought a new lens, until I took the filter off and noticed the difference, particularly in the backgrounds. If you, or anyone else, has never used a lens without a filter attached to it, I'd suggest trying without a filter for comparison. I like your edit over the original and think you did a good job. I'd suggest cropping a little to make the bird stand out more though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJay Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/19/2022 at 11:59 AM, lonestranger said: Do you have a protective filter attached to your lens, @BlueJay? I ask because of the way the texture (for lack of a better word) of the background looks. If you do have a lens filter attached, I'd suggest removing it and comparing some similarly composed photos with and without the filter. While I like the idea of an extra layer of protection on a lens, I have found that I don't like the effect the filter has on my images. If you don't have a lens filter attached, this won't apply to you but maybe others might consider whether a protective lens is worth it. I was always in favour of attaching a lens filter as soon as I bought a new lens, until I took the filter off and noticed the difference, particularly in the backgrounds. If you, or anyone else, has never used a lens without a filter attached to it, I'd suggest trying without a filter for comparison. I like your edit over the original and think you did a good job. I'd suggest cropping a little to make the bird stand out more though. Thank you for the feedback and advice. I do have a polarizing filter on my lens. Once we get some better weather I'll take it off and take some pictures without to compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Original: ( screenshot) edit: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Bird Nuts Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 hour ago, IKLland said: The second is cropped too close, in my opinion. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Just now, The Bird Nuts said: The second is cropped too close, in my opinion. Thanks. It doesn’t bother me but I know some people don’t like super closeups. What do you think of the rest of the adjustments? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Just now, IKLland said: Thanks. It doesn’t bother me but I know some people don’t like super closeups. What do you think of the rest of the adjustments? It's not that I don't like all closeups, it's just that the quality makes it obvious that it was cropped a lot. I think you've overexposed it a tad. I don't see much detail in the whites. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 11 minutes ago, IKLland said: What do you think of the rest of the adjustments? Actually, my monitor brightness may have changed (I got a new computer recently), so I don't know if it's overexposed. Does your editor show overexposed areas? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Just now, The Bird Nuts said: Actually, my monitor brightness may have changed (I got a new computer recently), so I don't know if it's overexposed. Does your editor show overexposed areas? It doesn’t look like it does. Anyone else see over exposure? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 It doesn't feel overexposed to me as much as a smidgen oversharpened. But I don't know what I'm doing so take that with a block of salt. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpoetmarcr Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 hour ago, IKLland said: It doesn’t look like it does. Anyone else see over exposure? I adjusted the highlights a tad since a small portion of the white stripe on the head and an even smaller portion of the whites on the wing were blown out. But the areas were small enough that I don't know if you can see the difference on your monitor. Here is my edited version: **Note: My monitor is calibrated with a colorimeter but when a file is uploaded to a website the colors may be altered in the process, and the monitor you are viewing it on may affect the colors, as well, if it's not calibrated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 11 hours ago, xpoetmarcr said: **Note: My monitor is calibrated with a colorimeter but when a file is uploaded to a website the colors may be altered in the process, and the monitor you are viewing it on may affect the colors, as well, if it's not calibrated. Your mileage may vary. Side effects may include bloating, nausea, constipation. Not all buyers will qualify for 0% financing. Keep out of reach of children. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 @Seanbirds I guess you forgot to give me a few photos to edit, so I thought I’d edit your INCREDIBLE photo! ( if you don’t want me to I can have it deleted). Poor sharpness due to whatbird image quality. All I did was increase contrast and exposure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) Here is an example of recovering detail and removing branches. Before after Edited January 31, 2022 by IKLland 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, IKLland said: Here is an example of recovering detail and removing branches. Before after WOWIEE! How did you do that?? Edited January 31, 2022 by Seanbirds 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, IKLland said: @Seanbirds I guess you forgot to give me a few photos to edit, so I thought I’d edit your INCREDIBLE photo! ( if you don’t want me to I can have it deleted). Poor sharpness due to whatbird image quality. All I did was increase contrast and exposure. Not to be criticizing, but it looks too blown out and oversaturated, IMO. I already edited quite a bit. Maybe the exposure should be a bit higher. Edited January 31, 2022 by Seanbirds 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Seanbirds said: Not to be criticizing, but it looks too blown out and oversaturated. That's OK. Everyone has their own opinions when it comes to these things. Sorry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Just now, IKLland said: That's OK. Everyone has their own opinions when it comes to these things. Sorry. You’re good! It’s fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: Not to be criticizing, but it looks too blown out and oversaturated. Brought exposure up to plus 30, and pulled the shadows slider all the way up. It was the lighting that originally made it underexposed, shooting in dark overcast conditions against a white sky. The camera exposes for the sky, so the bird is too dark. Edited January 31, 2022 by IKLland 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 Screenshot of original after 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Lightening the bird resulted in a background that I find rather glaring. Maybe split the difference between the original and the edit? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Lightening the bird resulted in a background that I find rather glaring. Maybe split the difference between the original and the edit? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 This is a photo from December, but I hadn’t put in the work during editing to make it shine. When you have a bird that’s in the sun, but the background is in the shade, you can get a very cool and unique image. The background resulting is usually pure black without any editing. However, in this case, the bird was in the sun, and half of the background was shaded. This made the photo look very awkward, and the exposure was awful. With some editing, I made it look completely black. This can happen without editing, but in my case I didn’t have the right light. Therefore, I transferred it into my editor, and decreased the brightness of the blacks and the shadows. Before: after 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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