victorismyhero Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 http:// EOS 500D f8 1/640 ISO400 focal length 225mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 That is really nice indeed :-) U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorismyhero Posted January 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 thank you sir :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) Nice pic, fantastic little birds. Do you use any post processing? I have Lightroom and Photoshop which are great for bringing out shadows and highlights in photo's. I hope you don't mind but I put your image in Lightroom for 2 mins just to try and illustrate what I mean. I did crop the pic a lot to concentrate on the subject, then brought up a few of the shadowy areas, a tiny bit of sharpening, warmed the tones and added a bit of vignetting to give it a wintry feel. Took about 2/3 mins. Hope it's ok. P.S. If you decide to go down the PP route it's usually best to shoot using your cameras RAW function, it'll give you far more control over post processing. Edited January 1, 2015 by poontang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot and be safe Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 Amazing what can be done with photoshop. Personal I think it's cheating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 Amazing what can be done with photoshop. Personal I think it's cheating Its just another tool that used properly maximises the potential of an image, unfortunately too many people use it badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 And you should only photoshop you're own stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 And you should only photoshop you're own stuff. It's not Photoshopped. I used Lightroom, and used the OP's image simply to show what it can be used for and how quick it is. Far easier to post a picture than try to explain in words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longspoon Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Maybe crop a tad, anything else would ruin a well composed and shot pic...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorismyhero Posted January 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 And you should only photoshop you're own stuff. since I dont have a problem with what poontang did to demonstrate what lightroom can do.......................why should you? my only comment to that is I can certainly see the utility that a program like that gives a photographer. in this instance whilst I appreciate that you have altered the picture merely to demonstrate what lightroom can do, for my personal taste I have to say that the effect is not quite what I would be looking for ...somehow it seems less.....natural?. It is to me more like a "christmas card" picture than a "natural picture". however the potential of lightroom demonstrated by this is interesting and I may well investigate it.... I take your point ablout shooting in RAW format, but there is a question of storage capacity....RAW pictures and massive files.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 since I dont have a problem with what poontang did to demonstrate what lightroom can do.......................why should you? my only comment to that is I can certainly see the utility that a program like that gives a photographer. in this instance whilst I appreciate that you have altered the picture merely to demonstrate what lightroom can do, for my personal taste I have to say that the effect is not quite what I would be looking for ...somehow it seems less.....natural?. It is to me more like a "christmas card" picture than a "natural picture". however the potential of lightroom demonstrated by this is interesting and I may well investigate it.... I take your point ablout shooting in RAW format, but there is a question of storage capacity....RAW pictures and massive files.... If you shoot in raw you will be able to do so much more with your photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENGRASS Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Nice work keep then coming. GG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Amazing what can be done with photoshop. Personal I think it's cheating No, no, no, it's just cropped, and used the thirds rule to its potential for the great original pic. VIMH, just use a external hard drive if you're worried about RAW. Nice work keep then coming. GG ^^^^^ And that's praise, I have a print of one of GG's pics on my wall he kindly let me use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorismyhero Posted January 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Nice work keep then coming. GG coming from the photo master of the board that is praise indeed....thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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