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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · First Day Out With The Nikon 200-500mm - Mixed Bag | |
birdied wrote:
In the On1 plug in, I did them universally, then erased them out of the areas I did not want the adjustment. Normally if I use Photoshop to do them, I select what I want and only do it in selected areas. There are several ways to get the same results, just what works best for you. Not sure what software you use for post work, but I do recommend the On1 Perfect Effects 10 plug in. I don't have the entire On 1 suite, just the perfect effects 10.
Birdie
Thanks for the detailed explanation!
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jdc562 wrote:
Eagles aside, I guess your reply to Morris partly resolves the focus issue. To answer your question, on my 27" hi-res monitor the two egrets and two gulls are all soft, but less so the cormorant, bees, and lizards. It seems strange that you and others think the moving white birds are sharp--maybe you all are viewing smaller and/or lower res images? Your crop explanation to Morris may also explain why one of the egrets (the head shot) also shows some chromatic aberration (blue fringe) on the top edge of the head. As another possibility to examine, I have also seen similar softness in details from over aggressive noise correction and blown whites correction, which may explain the marshmallow-soft look to the egrets' feathers. If you are viewing on a smaller screen, try enlarging the images to see what I see. Birdie's improvements show the egret image contained more potential and you would get even more by working from the original, higher-res image. I nit pick my own images this way to optimize things like my focusing techniques, shutter speeds, exposure settings, IS settings, camera movement, post-processing techniques, lens quality, and calibration of the lens to the camera, all of which are more critical for images from the nit-revealing images from the 810's hi-res sensor. I go with the mantras of test, test, test and practice, practice, practice after soliciting advice from others on this forum whose work I most admire.
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Thanks again for your feedback.
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