Bruce, I took a close look at your rendering and honestly don't see an appreciable difference between yours and mine. However, I wasn't able to pull yours up for a closer look. The version posted is a downsized jpeg from a crop which is less than 20% of the original file. Considering Ann's comments and those of mine above, I'm comfortable with what I have. I don't mind at all your downloading and doing some editing if you like and appreciate your thoughts.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:54 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Red Tail - Bruce Jack, I grabbed your original and toyed in Ps -- hope you don't mind. There's only so much one can do with a 900px image, but just for grins I did some "nature retouching". :-) Here's my attempt; see what you think: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ukowkramcjnm8v/RedTailHawk%28bmw%29.jpg I'll remove it after Ann has rendered her verdict. :-) On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Bruce, at your urging, I applied "despeckle" filter in addition to "reduce > noise" filter and bumped the contrast a bit more. > > I see some smoothing. > > Jack > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=666 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 10:47 AM > Subject: Re: PESO: Red Tail > > That's a hell of a pose, Jack. Great capture! > > Shame about the softness from noise. I'd try bumping up the contrast, > let the shadow tones darken up, and increase the Clarity some > (assuming Lr). Or use the high-pass filter & Overlay layer trick to > sharpen it up some. > > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Posting this due to the hawk's completely accidental dynamic pose. Actually >> had forgotten to set continuous shutter, so only got a couple shots in. >> The hawk was very dark due, I'm sure, to the spot metering having caught a >> bit of the bright sky. >> Not displeased, however, at what the K-5's DR allowed me to bring out. >> Shot 1/7/13 >> >> C & C welcome >> >> Jack >> >> K-5, 1/5000, ISO 800, f/8 >> >> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=665 >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
