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South Africa
Cape Lonclaw Front (22)
Anton
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 50 W: 11 N: 161]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (589) |
WS | elefantino
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1155 W: 115 N: 2194]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (13643) [2006-07-21 12:09:55] [2] | + contrast
- brightness
+ sharpness
NeatImage to reduce grain
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South Africa
Cape Lonclaw Front (22)
Anton
(589) |
noise removal on BG | | peter_stoeckl
(9361) [2006-07-21 06:23:18] [3] | Brilliant shot with excellent colours and details.
But there is some noise to be seen on BG that probably has been brought in by some overall postwork sharpening - easy to remove.
Photoshop Elements:
1) Selected noisy portions of soft BG by magic wand (tolerance 25%) and applied noise removal filter.
2) Further selective sharpening of bird.
3) Slight reduction of brightness: -5
4) Slight increase of contrast: +5
Hope you enjoy. |
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South Africa
Cape Sparrow (26)
Anton
(589) |
Photoshop CS2 | Pictures_Collec
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 63 W: 28 N: 26]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-s.gif) (533) [2006-07-16 13:24:49] [6] | Hi Anton,
Superb picture !
Here's a little proposal to enhance the following points :
- highlight and shadow level adjustment
- noise removal
- sharpening
Hope you like it.
In my opinion, you should post a heavier file. This one only weighs 37,79 Kb. You can post files up to 200 Kb. The picture quality will be better.
Regards.
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South Africa
Anteating Chat (8)
Anton
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 | | loot
(8935) [2006-07-14 18:21:56] [6] | Hi Anton
Your photo stayed with me and I decided to come back and do a workshop to see if I could enhance it somewhat. Probably the outcome does not show all that much, but at least now I know the softish detail was not through too little USM. So, possibly my thoughts on the extended focal length and the shutter speed could be on the spot. I was not much concerned about anything else but the focus; however I did darken the BG just a tad.
Post Processing done:
First I selected the bird only and 'Lighten' it through 'Colour Variations' at 15% then I sharpened the bird with USM at 500%, 0.3 & 0 settings. Finally I darkened the BG just a little bit.
I hope you like the outcome.
Regards
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South Africa
Whitefaced Duck (9)
Anton
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Sharpend, contrast, colour | | lovenature
(4144) [2006-07-07 13:27:52] [2] | Hi Anton
I have done a workshop on your beautiful Whitefaced duck. I hope it gives you some ideas on how to enhance your photos if you need to. All I did here was sharpened, adjusted the contrast and colour. TFS Janice |
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South Africa
Whitefaced Duck (9)
Anton
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 | | loot
(8935) [2006-07-07 13:06:59] [6] | Hi Anton
Thanks for allowing for workshops to be posted.
As I said, this is a fine photo and I basically just wanted to address the softish focus, but in the process I found that levels could optimise the colours as well.
Post Processing done:
Altered the levels by finding the 'Black & White' points with the 'Threshold Tool' and then adjusting it with the 'Levels tool'. Selected the water area and removed noise with 'NeatImage' at its default settings. Maybe I should have tried to remove the slight noise in the ducks bill as well, but it was only after upload that I noticed that.
I then Inversed the selection so that only the duck was selected and applied 'USM' at 250, 0.3 & 0 settings. No further adjustments was necessary.
This changed the colours somewhat and maybe it reflects a more natural look as the reflection of the blue sky is more visible in the water surface.
I hope you like the optimisation.
Friendly regards
Loot |
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South Africa
Close Encounter (9)
Anton
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PS CS | mperla
![Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 63 W: 37 N: 49]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/n-s-s.gif) (513) [2006-06-26 12:27:37] [5] | level modified a little bit
sharpened
frame
resized |
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