Another one from Prime Hook the other day. This one was pulled all the way out to the end of the lens, 400mm. And somehow, his eye is separated from the black bird-furs (NO clue if that's considered hair or feathers!). Couldn't tell you how I caught that, but I did. If I remember properly, this guy was a little closer than the pair that I posted previously, and maybe that played a large role in the capture. Did not have to do a lot of post processing, but I did do some, and I'm thinking I may have over sharpened his eye a bit. It wasn't that bad to begin with, and maybe I should have just left it, but since it wasn't tack sharp, I just had to sharpen it some....
@shesnapped You might find cropping down to 16x9 works a little better. But an excellent capture. Fav.
Another way to handle eyes like this is not so much to sharpen them, but to use a Lightroom Radial Filter and set the brightness to +25 or so.
Also, do you notice the noise around the strong edges again, magnify up so you can see the pixel squares, the random speckles in the water? Are they there on the original raw image, or did they emerge from post processing? A few pops with a tiny spot healing brush would take care of them. They might intrude on a large size print.
Great panning and action shot. So sorry I have been neglecting my commenting the last week but have had company steady. I thought it would be rude to neglect my guests to be on the computer! (But I did miss my time with 365!)
September 11th, 2016
Leave a Comment
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.
Another way to handle eyes like this is not so much to sharpen them, but to use a Lightroom Radial Filter and set the brightness to +25 or so.
Also, do you notice the noise around the strong edges again, magnify up so you can see the pixel squares, the random speckles in the water? Are they there on the original raw image, or did they emerge from post processing? A few pops with a tiny spot healing brush would take care of them. They might intrude on a large size print.