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yb98
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 04:25
http://bellik.free.fr/photos/Animals/faucon.jpg

Canon 300D

Yacine.
Dragonslayer
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 05:42
Very nice exposure here sharp DOF was more then enough and only question I have is about the background and that is the orange OOF area is that natural or did you photoshop that in.
tommykjensen
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 05:46
Wow, that is beautiful !
RockOne
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 06:12
Superb shot. !
yb98
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 07:34
Thanks.
The background is not naturel. I did it with photoshop.

Yacine.
Reigh Higgins
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 08:11
Very nice.
Hellashot
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 08:53
Very nice exposure here sharp DOF was more then enough .

I disagree. The front part of the beak is slightly out of focus, so the DOF could have been deeper, but a very good shot. Almost looks fake.
Airedale1
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 08:53
The background is not naturel. I did it with photoshop.

How? BTW beautiful shot.
tommykjensen
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 08:57
How? BTW beautiful shot.

I asked the same question a while ago


just create a new layer and fill it with black
then create an ellipse filled with brown (this also create a new layer)
merge the 2 layers
apply a gaussien blur with a high value (180 here)

Substitute colors with whatever You want, above was for one of my photos posted in raw challenge.
Kiernan
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 09:22
The bird looks amazing! I can't say I'm crazy about the background, however.
jgjulio
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 09:44
I personally like the background. The glow around the head looks like he selected the bird then inversed the selection and added a gaussian blur to the background. Is that what you did?
Mitcon
27th of August 2005 (Sat), 13:48
Very sharp clean capture, I too would have liked to see just a tiny bit more DOF. It's quite well done but I prefer more natural looking shots, natural backgrounds with wildlife can tell you alot about the animal. Still nothing wrong with it at all, to each their own as these are just my personal tastes. It is a wonderful clear shot of a beautiful raptor, very nice.