Raven

Patiently waiting for a piece of my sandwich...

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I like the background more than the foreground. Did you use flash?
Chris.

athlete1 wrote in post #13475201
I like the background more than the foreground. Did you use flash?
Chris.

Just the built in flash on my powershot.

May I ask what it is supposed to mean that you like the background better...cause to me you are just saying the photo sucks. If that's the case... I'm fine with that.

Nice!

BGgraphy wrote in post #13476040
Nice!

Thanks!!

This is one bird I sure wish we had around here.....great shot Suomi.

Shar824 wrote in post #13477044
This is one bird I sure wish we had around here.....great shot Suomi.

Thanks! They are awesome birds! My favorite. I used to run equipment in the bush living in a camper for the summer and you start to know and recognize the ones that come back. They are very smart and quite amusing!!! I had plenty of laughs watching them.. If only I had my DSLR at that time!! Man, I could have got some awesome shots!

very nice Suomi

I like the raven but the foreground is a bit washed out and my eyes are drawn to the background to get it focus. Looks like an oil painting. Don't mean any offense.
Thanks for sharing.
Chris.

athlete1 wrote in post #13480033
I like the raven but the foreground is a bit washed out and my eyes are drawn to the background to get it focus. Looks like an oil painting. Don't mean any offense.
Thanks for sharing.
Chris.

Not offended, just wondering. I attempted to fix it a little as I do see what you mean...what do you think? I just used the burn tool...not sure if there is a better way to do this or not.

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As you have Image Editing OK on, I took your jpeg to PS. I took it to Shadows/Highlights, corrected Gamma and used curves to try to bring out some of the detail in the wood. Also increased contrast a bit.

And by the way, I think it's a wonderful shot of a bird that I would love to see someday.

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Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #13484262
As you have Image Editing OK on, I took your jpeg to PS. I took it to Shadows/Highlights, corrected Gamma and used curves to try to bring out some of the detail in the wood. Also increased contrast a bit.

And by the way, I think it's a wonderful shot of a bird that I would love to see someday.

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Levina, you are my hero! Wow! Thanks for the tip...it looks awesome! That is exactly what I wanted but had zero clue how... must play a lot more in PS!

@Levna, I do have a question however...how do you just adjust the detail in the wood so the raven and background don't get all distorted?

I'm glad you like the edit. It would be better on the raw file though, as you can only do so much with a jpeg, but it still does look pretty good I think.
It's a simple job really: layers and masks. I selected the wood, reversed that selection and turned it into a mask. That way what you do affects the wood only and leaves the rest as is. Although the bit of contrast that I added in the end, I applied to the entire image.