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United States
Title: Red-Footed Falcon WatchersCanon EOS 10D
Red-Footed Falcon Watchers (2)
msirois Silver Note Writer [C: 7 W: 0 N: 27] (140)
for possible identification
for possible identification
msirois Silver Note Writer [C: 7 W: 0 N: 27] (140) [2005-04-25 17:07:59]
This is one of the snaps I got of a bird when I first arrived. It was taken from about a hundred feet away, with a 200mm lens. I think it's too large to be a red-footed falcone. What do you think?
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United States
Title: Landing in MenemshaCanon EOS 10D
Landing in Menemsha
msirois Silver Note Writer [C: 7 W: 0 N: 27] (140)
Different Cropping
Different Cropping
msirois Silver Note Writer [C: 7 W: 0 N: 27] (140) [2005-04-24 10:48:58]
I know some of you will probably say the pylon on the left is bothersome, so here's a square format version just for you.

(8^)

I don't know that I like it as much as the wide format, but I will admit it does provide a different perspective.
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United States
Title: Landing in MenemshaCanon EOS 10D
Landing in Menemsha
msirois Silver Note Writer [C: 7 W: 0 N: 27] (140)
Rubber Stamp and Blur tools
Rubber Stamp and Blur tools
msirois Silver Note Writer [C: 7 W: 0 N: 27] (140) [2005-04-24 10:36:26]
This is the original image, unchanged except for some sharpening and size reduction.

To get rid of the pylon on the right, without losing any of the gull, I created a blank layer, then (switching back and forth between the background and the blank) used Photoshop's Rubber Stamp Tool to clone bits of water and shadow to cover the pylon.

I erased edges of the rubber stamped areas that seemed too different from the surrounding water and shadow on the background, then used the blur tool to soften the edges. Since I selected the image to rubber stamp from the background layer, but switched to the blank layer to paste it in, when I used the eraser tool on the pasted areas, I never erased any of the background, just revealed it under the stamped areas.

Once the image was looking pretty good, I did flatten it to a single layer, though, and used the Blur tool to soften the areas where the cloned sections and the original touched.
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