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Oct 05, 2008 22:22 |  #1

I took this shot from my backyard. My son and I were feeding abut 40 Magpies when the Kestrel stopped by to see what was going on.

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Oct 05, 2008 22:26 |  #2

Nice shot but what's with that halo?


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Oct 05, 2008 22:35 |  #3

is that from the clarity being upped? I really like the shot though.



  
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Oct 05, 2008 22:36 |  #4

Nice shot, but would love to see the original as the over-PP seems to have spoiled the image with that halo.


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Oct 05, 2008 23:11 |  #5

Thanks for the comments
I'm not 100% sure how the halo effect happened.
The original raw file wasn't great, so i did do a lot of pp to get it looking the way I wanted (apart from the halo).
It may have happened when I was adjusting the shadow/highlight settings.
The bright part on the underside of the wing was really blown out, so I tried to fix that
as best as I could.
If anyone has any suggestions how to fix the halo problem it would be greatly appreciated.
My pp skills aren't all that great, totally self taught, trial and error.
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Oct 05, 2008 23:15 |  #6

Try dropping the saturation of the sky quite a lot, that should mask the halo.


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Oct 05, 2008 23:47 |  #7

Very nice capture...I would love to see one of these....


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Oct 06, 2008 00:04 |  #8

Thanks Anke.
I dropped the saturation a bit. But when I adjusted the shadow/highlight setting to lessen the blown out wing it produced the halo effect. Below is the revised edit, I think I've fixed the halo problem, but not sure I'm happy with how much the wing is blown out now. I suppose you can't have it both ways. Thanks again for your help, much appreciated. Stuart.


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Oct 06, 2008 00:06 |  #9

Thanks steve.
They are a beautiful bird....
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Oct 06, 2008 00:25 |  #10

I think its a great improvement, perhaps do some selective burning on the wing to really polish it off nicely? Nice one. :)


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Oct 06, 2008 00:48 |  #11

Thanks again Anke.
I will definately give that a try later.
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Oct 06, 2008 00:48 |  #12

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Thanks again Anke.
I will definately give that a try later.
Stuart

Its worth taking the time because you have a fine shot there. :)


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Oct 06, 2008 01:53 |  #13

Yep much better


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Oct 06, 2008 04:29 as a reply to  @ Desertraptor's post |  #14

great capture, I think if you select the blown area and adjust that it should be ok.
Failing that, Try Nik software viveza, this does wonders.

good capture anyway.

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Oct 06, 2008 05:59 |  #15

Thanks Peter & Peter.
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