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Cleaning Up


Cleaning Up
Photo Information
Copyright: John Plumb (JPlumb) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 637 W: 166 N: 889] (2884)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-29
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D200, AF-S VR Micro Nikkor 105mm w/ TC20EII
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-04-17 19:03
Viewed: 877
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is the last shot I took of the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) digging a home. One of the birds came out of the hole, to clean up, and though it was a little dusty I liked how it ruffled up the feathers for the process. I have included another shot, please see Workshop, from the initial set, with one cockatoo digging and one watching.

Workflow for this shot was as follows:
The shoot – shot in Raw with Jpeg reference (210 mm ISO 400 f5.6 1/500)
NEF file adjusted for exposure, shadow, vignetting, brightness and contrast
Levels – adjusted manually
Curves - adjusted RGB for contrast – very slight s-curve
Dodged and Burned with overlay layer (5-10% opacity white and black)
Added saturation layer +20 to master – masked grass
Saved as a tiff
for this post crop for position, resized, created a new layer, selectively sharpened through use of a mask layer, framed and saved as a jpeg.
ramthakur, Adanac, rcrick, Jamesp, pablominto, boreocypriensis, jusninasirun, Argus, marhowie has marked this note useful
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Birds adopt curious poses while preening, John.
This is one such posture.
You have captured this action very well here.
Very good close-up image.
TFS and regards.
Ram

Hello John,
Fantastic shot, excellent composition and point of view, beautiful natural colors and nice contrast, the white really is superb, excellent light, great pose and fantastic sharpness.
Angela

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  • rcrick Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 710 W: 36 N: 1548] (4989)
  • [2008-04-17 22:01]

Hi John,

Really nice details in this shot, the feathers look great, exposure is spot on, love the splash of yellow, well framed and composed,

Cheers Rick :)

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1351 W: 0 N: 5494] (16522)
  • [2008-04-17 22:32]

Hi John

A lovely action shot' well framed and very well exposed - plenty of detail in the white feathers.

JAmes

Hello John,
Good details in the plumage!
The white bird is well exposed, and the yellow feathers add an extra attention catcher...
A well composed image, great colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hi John,
What a lovely cleaning up time of this beautiful cockatoo my friend in all aspects.
TFS.
Cheers,
Bayram

Hello John. The white bird tends to get flushed under the light but you have managed the clarity well here. The plumage is well seen with sharpness that is pristine. Nice pose on the contrasting green grass and thanks for sharing. Well done and have a wonderful weekend ahead. Regards. Jusni

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3802 W: 190 N: 11310] (34871)
  • [2008-04-18 4:16]

Hello John,
Great pose, sharpness, POV and composition in this close shot of a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo and it shows up so well against the grassy BG.
Nice one again of this splendid bird and thanks for sharing it!
Ivan

John,
This is simply put, a superb shot!
Goldy

Hi John,
Very good exposure of the whites with sharp details in this white plummage..
Excellent color, comp, DOF, and POV of this nice preening pose :)
Great work,
Howard

Hello John,

Beautiful picture of this bird. Good timing with a nice pose of the bird. Excellent POV, DOF and sharpness. Nice natural colours.
Cheers,
Mariki

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 1 N: 5208] (17609)
  • [2008-04-18 17:13]

Hello John,
Wonderful details in the white plumage John. This whole composition is splendid with great camera work throughout. Thanks for sharing these excellentcaptures with us.
Rick

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5578] (18516)
  • [2008-04-20 20:39]

Hi John,
Wonderful shot of this beautiful Cuckatoo with very impressive sharpness and colours on its plumage. Very skillful handling of lighting and exposure levels and you have captured a fine action moment. Among the green grasses it stands out perfectly. Excellent POV and composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-04-23 19:54]

Hello John

Awesome POV,the details are wonderful.
The feather definition is excellent.
Lovely exposure and lighting.
Well placed in the frame.
Well done
TFS

Rob

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