C&C Please

Hi guys ,


what do you think of my shot? I was originally trying to get a sunset but I missed the timing by a bit however I managed to get this cool shot out of luck , the birds just flew right into my picture


was using 55-250 mm lense
Rebel Xt

I was at 110mm 250/second iso 100 F6 Is on. mirror lockup off.


what you guys think ?

Nice. I'm seeing something different here ...

wooowwww


yesss now thats what I needed! so much better! WOW!

The cropped version looks awesome!

~jouyoku~ wrote in post #12086222
The cropped version looks awesome!

Crop plus some other edits.

Very nice Porky

Heres my attempt at the edit , using elements...

porky101 wrote in post #12086307
Heres my attempt at the edit , using elements...
not as well done as yours but close , but thanks for your input Peano , now infuture I will look for things like that in my photo's!

Nicely done except for the green. Here's a technique for fixing the blown sky:

http://www.modelmayhem​.com …87413&page=1#po​st10653912

ok thanks , I know how to make an adjustment layer but for the rest of his instructions I get lost...I use a paintbrush to paint over the green part?

latest version :

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Prefer the yellow to the orange.

But what a difference removing the sun makes. Excellent Peano.

I like peano crop version. It's a very nice shot, minus the bright spot in the sky.

I love the orange one...
Is there any chance you can tell the steps you did to clone out the group of birds out.

Also, what are peoples feelings on it. Is this really acceptable? At what point do you go from "cleaning" to "highly manipulated"?

fatpoint wrote in post #12089635
Is this really acceptable?

Turn the question around. Why would you think it isn't acceptable?

Because it is altered...

fatpoint wrote in post #12089698
Because it is altered...

"X has been altered" = "X isn't acceptable"? Please. Try again.

If you crop an image, you alter it. If you adjust contrast, you alter it. If you convert to B&W, you alter it. If you sharpen, you alter. If you correct a color cast, you alter.