Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yeah, I could do better on the sky. Will get back to it at some time. Sky edits are tough. If you make it uniform, it looks fake, but getting natural gradations is difficult. Paul > On Feb 27, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > Now that you pointed out the edit, > the different sky tone

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Jack Davis
Now that you pointed out the edit, the different sky tone is a bit distracting. Very nice catch, Paul. J Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2018, at 11:26 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Thanks for the input, John. I had thought about removing the branches below > the breast. That’s an easy on

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks for the input, John. I had thought about removing the branches below the breast. That’s an easy one, and I may do so. The flight feathers on the left wing are what they are, save perhaps the longest one, which was blending with a branch, and I may have truncated it slightly. > On Feb 27,

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread John
On 2/27/2018 10:37, Paul Stenquist wrote: I did some more work on the hawk in flight to remove some of the offending spruce branches that made the image feel disjointed to me. Here’s the revised pic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ru2eu9y706fzf75/8144b.jpg?dl=0 The original is here: https://www.dro

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread John
Sharpen the shit out of the area around the eye, and it will look more in focus. Blame the rest of it on motion blur. Doesn't really need it. It's a good photo as it is. On 2/27/2018 11:24, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Both raptor shots are very good catches. The steady one deserves to be hung (on th

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread ann sanfedele
I really don't think you should have bothered.. the lack of branches so neatly eliminated from the top right looks a bit weird. because of the branches that are still left in on the lower right.. The lack of sharpness adds to the sense of movement.   Anyway your throwaways are better than most p

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
looks even better. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 10:37 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I did some more work on the hawk in flight to remove some of the offending > spruce branches that made the image feel disjointed to me. Here’s the > revised

Re: PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Both raptor shots are very good catches. The steady one deserves to be hung (on the wall in form of a photo, of course). The one in flight is a very interesting catch. I bet you wish the head were more in focus. While opening the two links (before and after, - at first, I couldn't see the

PESO Raptor Revisited

2018-02-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I did some more work on the hawk in flight to remove some of the offending spruce branches that made the image feel disjointed to me. Here’s the revised pic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ru2eu9y706fzf75/8144b.jpg?dl=0 The original is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdsvezmykexlqmu/8144.jpg?dl=0 --