Post your Bird Portraits

these things are so cute! Juvenile Tufted Titmouse.

Jack Dawe wrote in post #18672704
These are both totally gorgeous shots (although I might have brushed out the pale spot near the bird's head in the first shot).

Thanks for the fine words Jack - Constructive criticism is much appreciated

one of the saddest photos I have taken...

An Anhinga dries it's wings on an abandoned shopping cart surrounded by plastic trash.
This photo was taken at the Shingle Creek Regional Park near Kissimmee, FL.,
a beautiful wetlands park... no place is immune to pollution.

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Itsed65 wrote in post #18672720
I drove right by this guy this morning, but luckily he stayed put when I circled back. Sitting on a fence beside the road at Point Reyes National Seashore.

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Very fine shot...

collectorinfl wrote in post #18673281
one of the saddest photos I have taken...

An Anhinga dries it's wings on an abandoned shopping cart surrounded by plastic trash.
This photo was taken at the Shingle Creek Regional Park near Kissimmee, FL.,
a beautiful wetlands park... no place is immune to pollution.

Yep, sad. What is it with shopping carts? We suffer from that over here too.

Our Woodpigeons are normally rather shy birds (they're used to getting shot by farmers, I suppose), but the ones around our garden are becoming quite brazen.

MatthewK wrote in post #18673000
Getting closer to landing my perfect Greenie shot. I'm needing to cut out a shooting lane through some brush so that I can get a lower angle on this log that sticks out into the water, in order to eliminate the blown out highlights in the water.

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Very nice. You can actually, using a burn tool and perhaps a bit of Gaussian blur reduce those highlights. I did an edit of it and - at least to my eye - it looks better with the highlights subdued. Lee

DLeeT wrote in post #18673298
Very nice. You can actually, using a burn tool and perhaps a bit of Gaussian blur reduce those highlights. I did an edit of it and - at least to my eye - it looks better with the highlights subdued. Lee

I'd definitely be interested in seeing what you were able to do! Post it up!

markesc wrote in post #18673026

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Superb shots.

ptcanon3ti wrote in post #18673266
these things are so cute! Juvenile Tufted Titmouse

That's a lovely shot. Head slightly cocked.

Just curious about the board, plank its resting on.
Did you clip part of it out? The grain is running across the board which makes me wonder. (not a criticism in any way)
I work wood so wood, grain lights up other grey cells.

MatthewK wrote in post #18673302
I'd definitely be interested in seeing what you were able to do! Post it up!

Sure, for what it's worth. Looking at it here, I may have over done it a bit, but you get the idea. I also boosted the shadows on the heron a bit too - to make it "pop" a bit?

avondale87 wrote in post #18672837
These are absolutely stunning photos.
Beautiful birds beautifully captured. Thanks for sharing.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18672840
Graham...These shots are so outstanding. All I can say is "WOW."

DLeeT wrote in post #18672879
Superb shots with excellent detail.

Thanks guys, they really made my day and brought a smile to my face for sure.

DLeeT wrote in post #18673306
Sure, for what it's worth. Looking at it here, I may have over done it a bit, but you get the idea. I also boosted the shadows on the heron a bit too - to make it "pop" a bit?

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Yup, this looks so much better. Nice work on this! I took your advice and attempted similar in Lightroom by masking off the background and lowering the highlights and whites. Not quite as blurred as yours, so the highlights are still somewhat distracting.

We can edit this photo all we want, but my mission now is to get a proper shot in the field

MatthewK wrote in post #18673311
Yup, this looks so much better. Nice work on this! I took your advice and attempted similar in Lightroom by masking off the background and lowering the highlights and whites. Not quite as blurred as yours, so the highlights are still somewhat distracting.

We can edit this photo all we want, but my mission now is to get a proper shot in the field

Yep, better in the field! I also use Lightroom, but find PS Elements oh so much better for this sort of thing. For the cheap price, it is a heck of a program.

collectorinfl wrote in post #18673281
one of the saddest photos I have taken..... no place is immune to pollution.

That's because no place is immune to people. Smh.