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Post by Bailey on Jun 27, 2019 3:27:46 GMT
He was upset with a nearby bird, but not sure over what though 
With this image I just did my usual white balance and tonal adjustments in ACR and PSE.
(enlargement is clearer.)
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Post by jackscrap on Jun 27, 2019 10:46:36 GMT
Did it involve any hot chips by any chance?
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Post by hmca on Jun 27, 2019 11:45:04 GMT
Like your drop shadow presentation on your more recent images.
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Post by whippet on Jun 27, 2019 13:48:45 GMT
The coarse effect grass is really effective. Maybe that is why he is angry - his feet are sore. |
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Post by Bailey on Jun 28, 2019 2:09:38 GMT
Like your drop shadow presentation on your more recent images. Thank you Helen. The drop shadows are not actually part of the image. I use CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) styling in bbcode mode of the post editor to add a 2px black border and drop shadow to the images. |
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Post by Bailey on Jun 28, 2019 2:16:16 GMT
Did it involve any hot chips by any chance? The coarse effect grass is really effective. Maybe that is why he is angry - his feet are sore. Hi jackscrap and whippet,  f6.3, 1/500s, ISO 400, 600mm (960mm eq.) I think he was eyeing off the nearby bird and upset he was missing out on a yummy feed. |
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Post by whippet on Jun 28, 2019 19:02:13 GMT
I love the colours in this one, Bailey.
Is this how it came out of the camera, or have they been altered? Well, whichever, I think they look great together.
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Post by Bailey on Jun 29, 2019 0:40:24 GMT
Hi again whippet,
The colours are pretty much what they were in the actual scene.
99% of the time, unless I am trying to create some sort of effect, I aim to post process my images to output as true as practical representations of what I saw through my camera's view finder, especially colours.
I first aim to get the camera exposure as correct as possible when taking the shot. The only thing I leave in full auto on my camera is the white balance. Shooting in raw format allows you to set the correct white balance in post processing. Normally my camera does a very good job in working out the correct white balance unless there is unusual or mixed types of light sources. When I have time to set up a shot properly, I use full manual mode on my camera. When I have to point-and-shoot, like I did when I took these photos, I use one of the camera's priority modes to suit the situation.
I like to keep post processing to a minimum, so getting the exposure as correct as possible in-camera helps achieve that. The image's histogram on the LCD screen tells me if the exposure is correct.
Generally, my post processing workflow is something like this.
1. Open the raw file in ACR
2. Adjust white balance using ACR's White Balance Tool. This fixes any colour issues to a large extent.
3. Use the various sliders in ACR to remove any noise and adjust tones to maximise the tonal range. Here, the image's histogram is my best friend.
4. Open the edited raw image in PSE.
5. Use various combinations of the Levels, Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layers with or without masks and maybe others if needed, to fine tune tones locally. Here again, the histogram with its individual red, green, blue channels display is my best friend.
6. Dodge & Burn using a 50% filled grey layer with Overlay blend mode and painting on it with various shades of grey to help make appropriate elements in the image pop a little more.
7. Sharpen the image.
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