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May 21, 2015 12:21:41   #
smokieblues Loc: Central Florida
 
This is my personal once in a life time photo and I totally screwed it up! I was out photographing some dragonflies and this beauty showed up. I missed his first pass which was low and fast threw the yard. I was scrambling to get the camera reset and praying for a second pass. When he showed up it was almost directly into the sun and up way to high.
I was just hoping to get a decent shot to show that it was a Swallow Tailed Kite and was just happy to get any shots of him. On the down load I noticed that this guy had a bird chick in his talons!
I have access to some photo editing tools but they are really sub-par.
I know that you can't make much out of a cow patty but I was hoping some of you guys would take a few moments and see what you could do to clean this up a little. Any help would be much appreciated.
I just would like a decent 8x10 to go into my scrap book.

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May 21, 2015 12:38:16   #
tsilva Loc: Arizona
 
You will probably get more help if you post this in the Post Processing sub-forum

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-116-1.html

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May 22, 2015 08:30:04   #
cheineck Loc: Hobe Sound, FL
 
smokieblues wrote:
This is my personal once in a life time photo and I totally screwed it up! I was out photographing some dragonflies and this beauty showed up. I missed his first pass which was low and fast threw the yard. I was scrambling to get the camera reset and praying for a second pass. When he showed up it was almost directly into the sun and up way to high.
I was just hoping to get a decent shot to show that it was a Swallow Tailed Kite and was just happy to get any shots of him. On the down load I noticed that this guy had a bird chick in his talons!
I have access to some photo editing tools but they are really sub-par.
I know that you can't make much out of a cow patty but I was hoping some of you guys would take a few moments and see what you could do to clean this up a little. Any help would be much appreciated.
I just would like a decent 8x10 to go into my scrap book.
This is my personal once in a life time photo and ... (show quote)


really quick PS fix.

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fix...

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May 22, 2015 08:30:22   #
Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC
 
smokieblues wrote:
This is my personal once in a life time photo and I totally screwed it up! I was out photographing some dragonflies and this beauty showed up. I missed his first pass which was low and fast threw the yard. I was scrambling to get the camera reset and praying for a second pass. When he showed up it was almost directly into the sun and up way to high.
I was just hoping to get a decent shot to show that it was a Swallow Tailed Kite and was just happy to get any shots of him. On the down load I noticed that this guy had a bird chick in his talons!
I have access to some photo editing tools but they are really sub-par.
I know that you can't make much out of a cow patty but I was hoping some of you guys would take a few moments and see what you could do to clean this up a little. Any help would be much appreciated.
I just would like a decent 8x10 to go into my scrap book.
This is my personal once in a life time photo and ... (show quote)


I took a shot at it, not the best tho the.



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May 22, 2015 18:35:38   #
FrodoBaggins Loc: Texas
 
Can't help with PP but the shot is very impressive! Hope you get help.

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May 23, 2015 07:33:49   #
smokieblues Loc: Central Florida
 
cheineck wrote:
really quick PS fix.


Thank you so very much for taking the time to help. Love the sharpening on this.

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May 23, 2015 07:34:37   #
smokieblues Loc: Central Florida
 
Bultaco wrote:
I took a shot at it, not the best tho the.


Thank you! You can really see the chick in this one. Thanks for taking the time to help.

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May 23, 2015 07:35:05   #
smokieblues Loc: Central Florida
 
FrodoBaggins wrote:
Can't help with PP but the shot is very impressive! Hope you get help.


Thank you so much for the wonderful comment!

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May 23, 2015 08:27:57   #
Way2slk Loc: Bluffton SC
 
Here is my shot at it using GIMP


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May 23, 2015 08:47:26   #
photogrl57 Loc: Tennessee
 
I did a "curves" correction in photoshop which lightened the sky some. I left the original size in tact so you can decide how to crop it for your print. I also got a close up of it so u can see the details. Great shot by the way.


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May 23, 2015 08:53:45   #
superpijak Loc: Middle TN
 
smokieblues wrote:
This is my personal once in a life time photo and I totally screwed it up! I was out photographing some dragonflies and this beauty showed up. I missed his first pass which was low and fast threw the yard. I was scrambling to get the camera reset and praying for a second pass. When he showed up it was almost directly into the sun and up way to high.
I was just hoping to get a decent shot to show that it was a Swallow Tailed Kite and was just happy to get any shots of him. On the down load I noticed that this guy had a bird chick in his talons!
I have access to some photo editing tools but they are really sub-par.
I know that you can't make much out of a cow patty but I was hoping some of you guys would take a few moments and see what you could do to clean this up a little. Any help would be much appreciated.
I just would like a decent 8x10 to go into my scrap book.
This is my personal once in a life time photo and ... (show quote)


Some of the fellow hoggers did great bringing out the details on your AWESOME capture.. :thumbup:

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May 23, 2015 21:17:01   #
smokieblues Loc: Central Florida
 
Thank you so much Way2 for the wonderful edit and taking the time to help!

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May 23, 2015 21:20:16   #
smokieblues Loc: Central Florida
 
photogrl57 wrote:
I did a "curves" correction in photoshop which lightened the sky some. I left the original size in tact so you can decide how to crop it for your print. I also got a close up of it so u can see the details. Great shot by the way.


WOW! Thank you so very much for taking the time to help! Looks great!

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May 23, 2015 21:20:53   #
smokieblues Loc: Central Florida
 
superpijak wrote:
Some of the fellow hoggers did great bringing out the details on your AWESOME capture.. :thumbup:


Thank you so much! Fellow Hoggers are some of the best people!

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