angybone Workshop Photos Received

Title: I wanna go home with the Armadillo...OLYMPUS E-500

I wanna go home with the Armadillo... (42)
angybone

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highlight recovery

bobair

(5128) [2008-12-12 18:00:22] [2]

Hi Angelina,
I have used the high light recovery tool to try to bring out the dark details in the bright areas.I then sharpened and resized the image for the workshop.PP was done using the free to download Paint.Net for windows. Bob

Title: Black Chinned Guarding FeederOLYMPUS E-500

Black Chinned Guarding Feeder (34)
angybone

(7672)

Filter and Frame

eqshannon

(27911) [2008-04-06 09:37:27]

Adjusting for print:-) Hopefully

Title: Black Swallowtail on ThistleOLYMPUS E-500

Black Swallowtail on Thistle (7)
angybone

(7672)

Photoshop

haraprasan

(17792) [2008-02-18 00:27:33] [1]

I did some unsharpmask then adjusted some levels and also reduced the noise with neat image free that got visible after sharpening. Hope this will do.

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Curves +

bobair

(5128) [2008-02-15 20:47:47] [3]

Hi Angelina,
for this workshop I used the plug-in for Paint.Net called curves +.I selected the saturation curve and pushed up on it slightly,next I sharpened the image and resized the file size for up load to the ws.I hope that this version shows what a slightly underexposed image can do for your photo.Going to the left side increases shutter speed which tames harsh or strong light nicely. Bob

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Lighting changes

dB_grafix

(3019) [2008-01-23 00:51:57] [2] [+]

Darkened shadows, Darkened Highlights, added some mid tone contrast, then adjusted brightness. Added a bit of unsharpmask.
Given your sunshine,I figure that you could count on a few certain camera settings. A still subject like this would mostly be set around 1/250 sec at an f/8 on my camera. It gives nice DOF that way, and wil not cast too much light on the whole surroundings.
Anyways...that's what I normally find from my exif data, so I stick to it on manual settings.
But then I shoot always in RAW, and it is easier to adjust the balances afterwards.
Please take some more of this bird. It is a really colourful and unique species. I rarely get a chance to see this type.

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levels and sharpening

K9madtex

(1020) [2008-01-21 11:22:11] [2]

Hi Angie, I did pretty much the same thing as CeltickRanger, except that I added a little blur to the BG starting at the midway point. Hope you like it.

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White balance corection

CeltickRanger

(15122) [2008-01-21 06:06:22] [3]

Hello Angelina

in your photo there is a domince of the highlights
coming from a problem of the white balance

here is the way that learned (in College in 1995)
how to correct that, give a colour correction to a image

in Photoshop

- Levels
- in Levels you set your White Points (highlights) to 5% of dot
(you can go from 5 to 10%)
- in Levels you set your Black Points(shadows) to 95% of dot
(you can go from 90 to 95%)
- Then you can or go and give manually with the pipet
your 5% where you wanted, where is the most white
in your image, samething your 95% where is the most
black in your image
- Or you can leave that for Photoshop
and let him do it by AutoLevels
- With the new versions of Photoshop
there is in other options
- In Levels you click Options
and choose the way you want it than choose an option
- i choose « Find dark & light colors » and the i clicked
- than i gived another very little correction by Curves

-the i working with layers and layers Mask
i gived a sharpening only to the bird

i hope you will like my Workshop

Merci

Asbed

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Photoshop 3

uleko

(2787) [2008-01-21 05:52:02] [4]

I've just reduced the highlights a little and sharpened this lovely shot.

Title: House Sparrow - Male and FemaleOLYMPUS E-500

House Sparrow - Male and Female (39)
angybone

(7672)

Crop & Contrast Adjustments and noise

bobair

(5128) [2008-01-14 19:28:42] [2]

Hi Angelina,
here is my take on your sparrow photo.I did my best to remove some of the noise,darken the contrast some and cropped and slightly sharpen up the photo before re-uploading.I hope you don't mind. Bob

Title: Black Crested TitmouseOLYMPUS E-500

Black Crested Titmouse (48)
angybone

(7672)

PS/CS2

K9madtex

(1020) [2008-01-11 16:12:52] [2]

I felt the photo could benefit from a few less twigs and some noise reduction. I used Clone tool and healing brush to remove a few twigs and the Diffuse filter to reduce the noise in the sky. Hope you like it.