Thanks, Ann. Your valued comments justify your crushing sense of responsibility.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 6:07 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Red Tail - Bruce On 1/8/2013 20:54, Bruce Walker wrote: > 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. :-) LOL! I thought Jack's original post was better to my eye.... I can't remember the buzz word for that little halo effect that happens when you fiddle too much to get a sharper image... or fiddle with brightness and contrast too much... The original was terrif, I thought ann (slumping under the weight of responsibilty) > > > 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. > > > -- 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.
