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Do you mind sharing how you acquired this shot? If we know some details about how you took it, then we can give better advice on how to improve! 🙂
Nice picture! I don’t often see woodpeckers carrying raspberries!
There seems to be some camera shake – were you standing on a ladder that was set on a trailer, with your camera on a bean bag that was on a brick that was on a stack of boards that was on the ladder? 🙂
More seriously, if you don’t have a more stable place for the camera, it would be good to get a faster shutter speed, either by opening the aperture a little or increasing the iso. The other thing that would be nice would be to add a little flash to get a catch-light in the eye.
Sure, no problem. We have a nest in our front yard. And, David Frazer, you must have been peeking at Nature Friend’s Community. =) Yes, I was doing exactly as you said. I am thinking about using my Youngnou YN 560 III and trying tonight. That would help freeze movement and add a catchlight. By the way, it’s not very hard to add a catchlight in your editing program.
More seriously, if you don’t have a more stable place for the camera, it would be good to get a faster shutter speed, either by opening the aperture a little or increasing the iso. The other thing that would be nice would be to add a little flash to get a catch-light in the eye.
Great tips! I’ve got just a bit of a parallel theory here. 🙂 If you do use a flash, that could help with the motion blur problem as well. (Depending on how much of the exposure the flash makes…)
EDIT: I see that I was too late!
By the way, it’s not very hard to add a catchlight in your editing program.
Yeah, but that’s cheating, isn’t it? 🙂 I’d sure rather get it for real than have to add it in post-processing!
Very nice! I’m glad you’re quick to try out tips for improving! You can read all the tips in the world, but if you don’t put them to a practical use, then you might as well not waste your time reading them! 🙂
I take it you used the flash for this one? Did you do any processing? It looks just a tad too warm, I would adjust the WB a hair. And of course, it can always use some sharpening… 🙂
OK, I did not use flash. That was shot this morning around 9:00 I would guess. And yes, I don’t belive I sharpened it yet.
Ok, did you shoot this photo in RAW? If so, then you have a good chance to try out what you learned from the RAWTherapee tutorial! (Adjusting the WB and sharpening.)
Yes I did, but to me the white balance looks perfectly normal. But I could be wrong.
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That’s fine! Photography is very subjective, what looks good to one person looks awful to another. You can’t please everyone, so if it looks good to you, that’s what matters. 🙂
You know, it may tad to warm. But the direct morning light is pretty warm anyway. I will probably tweak the temp. a little bit on it. Thanks for the tips, that’s how I learn. I may pull it into GIMP for sharpening, but I have to be really careful as the eye will get really noisy really fast.
I may pull it into GIMP for sharpening, but I have to be really careful as the eye will get really noisy really fast.
Well, you can always sharpen the picture, and take care of the noise after. Also, with GIMP, you can select only a portion of a picture (you can do local edits that won’t affect the whole picture) and applies whatever you want : sharpening, blur, etc.
So bad that @buddingphotographer’s GIMP tutorials are buried under the newer posts, but here is an excellent one on sharpening with GIMP.- This reply was modified 54 years, 9 months ago by .
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