I guess there's a little Looky-Loo in all of us.. (Page 2): How cute, Kerry!

Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

How cute, Kerry!

kerfree wrote:

This little guy made me smile - a commentary on all of us watchers of life. While I watched him, he watched me and the guy behind him had his binoculars trained on a distant seagull...

C & C please. Is it a keeper? How can I improve the composition and/or post processing. It is cropped a bit and I gave it a bit of an S curve in Aperture 3.

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

If you hit the down load and drag that picture to the desktop, it should be a big file when you drop it in Aperture. It fills my screen on the down load.
But I just play with the sliders till I get what I want.:) On this one I added brightness,contrast, shadows,definition and sharpened it. Shadows brought out the details.
Erv

kerfree wrote:

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kerfree Loc: Sebago and Sanibel

Erv wrote:

If you hit the down load and drag that picture to ... (show quote)

Erv, I tried that several times and it all works perfectly except for the file size. I clearly need to retire so I can have time to focus on important things like this AND learn photoshop ... But then how would I fund my photog addiction???! Anyway I love what you did, and I'll play with the sliders to approximate your results. Thanks - you're simply da best!

kerfree Loc: Sebago and Sanibel

Dixiegirl wrote:

How cute, Kerry!

kerfree wrote:

This little guy made me smile - a commentary on all of us watchers of life. While I watched him, he watched me and the guy behind him had his binoculars trained on a distant seagull...

C & C please. Is it a keeper? How can I improve the composition and/or post processing. It is cropped a bit and I gave it a bit of an S curve in Aperture 3.

Thanks so much, Donna - sometimes pretty cute, trumps technically correct. Working on the latter ;)

kerfree Loc: Sebago and Sanibel

UP-2-IT wrote:

kerfree wrote:

This little guy made me smile - a commentary on all of us watchers of life. While I watched him, he watched me and the guy behind him had his binoculars trained on a distant seagull...

C & C please. Is it a keeper? How can I improve the composition and/or post processing. It is cropped a bit and I gave it a bit of an S curve in Aperture 3.

Birds out just a bit Kerry.

Thanks for your input UP-2-IT. By "out just a bit", do you mean out of focus? If that is the case, I guess I'll have to leave tonight's Maine blizzard behind and return to Hawaii to try again. I wish!! About ready to move south...

moriti Loc: California

I think it's a wonderful photo kerfree!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

kerfree Loc: Sebago and Sanibel

moriti wrote:

I think it's a wonderful photo kerfree!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thank you Moriti - you are sweet to say so ;)

Treepusher Loc: Kingston, Massachusetts

Cute and very colorful! Great shot. Don't know if some high-pass filtering might help sharpen the bird, but it's still an awfully appealing photo.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Nice shot Kerfree.

tk Loc: Iowa

I adore the composition, great color and light. Unfortunately, the focus is not on the bird's head. Great shot.

kerfree Loc: Sebago and Sanibel

angler wrote:

Nice shot Kerfree.

Thank you Angler - one of these days I hope my birds are as sharp as yours! :lol:

kerfree Loc: Sebago and Sanibel

tk wrote:

I adore the composition, great color and light. Unfortunately, the focus is not on the bird's head. Great shot.

tk - You're are so right, I missed the focus, but loved the composition! One of these days I'll nail both in the same shot :) Thanks for commenting :)

kerfree Loc: Sebago and Sanibel

Treepusher wrote:

Cute and very colorful! Great shot. Don't know if some high-pass filtering might help sharpen the bird, but it's still an awfully appealing photo.

Thank you so much, Treepusher. High-pass filtering is not in my repertoire yet ;-) Someday, meanwhile I'm practicing nailing the focus!