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bad81637
22nd of February 2006 (Wed), 20:46
Took the family to the National Aquarium in Baltimore MD. Feel free to CC these picks.

Thanks!

http://home.comcast.net/~bad81637/images/lizard.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~bad81637/images/skull.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~bad81637/images/bird2.jpg
Lonnie
22nd of February 2006 (Wed), 21:08
#1 -good shot, but I wish the background had a little more contrast, and I'm not crazy about the crop off of the tail. Perhaps you could saturate the color just a tad more to good effect?

#2 - just a typical snapshot.

#3 - I think this shot would be so much better if the focus were on the bird's head instead of the near side of his body. Maybe try isolating the head in PS and sharpening just that portion of the photo?
bad81637
23rd of February 2006 (Thu), 19:57
Yeah, I wasn't happy the way the tail and the leg didn't make it into the frame.

The second picture I thought was good because I usually don't get great available light shots inside. But this one I think turned out well.

And I'm surprised that the DOF on the bird is so shallow. I guess because the lens was wide open. I should have stopped down and used a fill flash.

Anyway, thanks for the comments.
Lonnie
23rd of February 2006 (Thu), 20:06
Original
http://home.comcast.net/~bad81637/images/bird2.jpg
Sharpened
http://www.meanpc.com/photography/albums/userpics/10001/sharp_bird2.JPG

Ran the sharpen tool at 125 (which is pretty low) in the Digital Photo Pro software that came with the XT. I think it looks a little better. You might want to play around with the filters in Photoshop and see what you can do.
bad81637
23rd of February 2006 (Thu), 20:34
How's this. I selected just the head and neck, feathered a bit and applied a dose of USM.


http://home.comcast.net/~bad81637/images/bird3.jpg
Lonnie
23rd of February 2006 (Thu), 20:46
Looks great. Really saves the shot, and doesn't oversharpen the branch like mine did.
spencer87
23rd of February 2006 (Thu), 23:27
great shot of the bird!
chrnat
24th of February 2006 (Fri), 08:06
More like good record shots Im afraid?
staciecd
24th of February 2006 (Fri), 12:12
Good shots of the aquarium. It's tough sometimes to get clear shots in that place.

Stacie
bad81637
24th of February 2006 (Fri), 19:48
Just one more. Thanks for indulging me. OK, I'm done :)

Thanks for all the responses.

http://home.comcast.net/~bad81637/images/lizard2.jpg
ajbalazic
25th of February 2006 (Sat), 12:13
Yes, those are really good shots given the lighting conditions. Nicely done.
staciecd
26th of February 2006 (Sun), 19:26
I like the last one that you posted - you can almost feel the texture in his skin.

Stacie
chrnat
27th of February 2006 (Mon), 07:52
the last one great
the rest nothing other than a nice coloured bird

Shame about the composition