Help with PP on my Eagles! Nikon P900: This AM I was lucky to find this pair of Eagles in Opsrey FL. The morning sun didn't light them up. I tried some PP using the new photos app. Can...

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Nov 2, 2017 11:08:34 #

ozmerelda Loc: Osprey, FL

This AM I was lucky to find this pair of Eagles in Opsrey FL.

The morning sun didn't light them up.

I tried some PP using the new photos app.

Can it be better.

Many thanks,
OZ

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Nov 2, 2017 11:34:18 #

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

Nice pic! If you have Lightroom, the adjustment brush could be used to isolate and work the eagles. The problem may be that the sun is from the left? Even though they are somewhat dark, the left side of the eagles could be a challenge. Good catch!

Nov 2, 2017 12:17:29 #

ozmerelda Loc: Osprey, FL

47greyfox wrote:

Nice pic! If you have Lightroom, the adjustment brush could be used to isolate and work the eagles. Good catch!

Thanks,

OZ

Nov 2, 2017 12:36:41 #

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

This illustrates the issue I had with the sun. Bringing out the eagles makes it tricky due to the sun glow.

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Nov 2, 2017 12:53:28 #

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Hey, Oz. Your image is about two stops under-exposed if you wanted to show the most detail on the eagles. With jpg and a bridge camera, that doesn't allow much wiggle room for fixing.

I lightened overall, the did some detail enhancements with Topaz, then selectively lightened the birds' heads (in PS Elements).

Are you shooting in auto? See which modes in the P900 allow exposure compensation, then next time you have dark subjects against light or white backgrounds, set the compensation to +1, then check, then set higher if need to. Study up on how exposure works, then learn to be aware of high contrast situations and take the time to make sure you're getting what you want. These eagles look like they weren't in a hurry to leave

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Nov 2, 2017 13:38:21 #

ozmerelda Loc: Osprey, FL

Linda From Maine wrote:

Hey, Oz. Your image is about two stops under-expos... (show quote)

I was shooting in Auto. I will check next time. Thanks. The female flew off about 1 minute later.

Thanks so much.

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Nov 3, 2017 06:09:25 #

kubota king Loc: NW , Pa.

I used PS to make my corrections > More details are seen in the download .Hope this is to your liking and gives you a better keeper .Tommy

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Nov 3, 2017 07:20:20 #

MMC Loc: Brooklyn NY

ozmerelda wrote:

This AM I was lucky to find this pair of Eagles in Opsrey FL.

The morning sun didn't light them up.

I tried some PP using the new photos app.

Can it be better.

Many thanks,
OZ

This is my attempt.

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Nov 3, 2017 07:30:21 #

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

MMC wrote:

This is my attempt.

MMC - you have shown that the answer to the OP's question is a definite Yes.

Nov 3, 2017 09:07:04 #

ozmerelda Loc: Osprey, FL

MMC wrote:

This is my attempt.

Thank you. Your rendition is beautiful.

Nov 3, 2017 09:19:04 #

Jim-Pops Loc: Granbury, Texas

It is underexposed as others mentioned to see the feather layers on the birds. It would be a hard shot with the sun behind the birds.

I used Photoshop for this edit. I knew that the picture needed to open up the shadows to help but also knew the sliders on Camera Raw Filter will only go so far doing it just one time.

Ok so what I did was open in Photoshop and open the shadows all the way then open made a duplicate layer and went to Camera raw again and opened the shadow all the way again, at the same time increased Black, White and Clarity sliders a bit. Then went to sharpening, increased to 70% added a masking filter and increased Luminance Noise reduction to 30%.
These moves made the picture a bit flat but didn't change the colors.