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Process to Get My Oil Painting of the Hummingbird with Red "Pompador"
Feb 11, 2019 23:28:37   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
"Linda From Maine" suggested I post here and show how I got my final product. Here it is:

OOC out of camera Picture #1
80D, 100-400L Mk 2 @ 400, 1/1000 @f/8.0, ISO 5000
hand held in very poor light just the birds head, tail tip and part of back caught some bright light

Lightroom:
lens correction
crop
dehaze
brush stroke to darken part of wire he is perched on
to

Photoshop: Picture #2
tone
contrast
highlights
shadows
midtones
add signature

save to LR: Picture #3
tweak vibrance
tweak saturation
Export as straight photo Picture #4
to

Photoshop again
closer crop
oil paint filter
save to LR
and in

Lightroom
tweak contrast
tweak vibrance
export final and post Picture #5

On all of these PP steps I usually play around with the sliders before settling on my final setting and often go back to a process when a later process changes something and I decide a tweak is needed. Esp cropping, I may change that many times before the final.

And as usual only on download do the colors look like what I got on my monitor.

#1 OOC
#1 OOC...
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#2 After first PP in LR > PS
#2 After first PP in LR > PS...
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#3 After first PP in PS, save to LR
#3 After first PP in PS, save to LR...
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#4 final tweaks in LR and Export as Photo
#4 final tweaks in LR and Export as Photo...
(Download)

#5 Back to PS for closer crop and oil painting filter then final tweaks in LR
#5  Back to PS for closer crop and oil painting fi...
(Download)

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Feb 12, 2019 00:06:18   #
TBerwick Loc: Houston, Texas
 
Very nice result Robert.

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Feb 12, 2019 01:14:01   #
Patsworld Loc: Idaho
 
Beautiful.

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Feb 12, 2019 02:31:33   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
TBerwick wrote:
Very nice result Robert.


Thank you

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Feb 12, 2019 02:31:49   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Patsworld wrote:
Beautiful.


Thanks a lot

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Feb 12, 2019 02:33:15   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
I am posting another redo. Different and simpler route to get there with subtle differences in final image.

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Feb 12, 2019 05:15:47   #
melueth Loc: Central Florida
 
Robert - thanks so much for posting this. I never think about using PS filters - great reminder! And beautiful outcome!!

ML

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Feb 12, 2019 10:31:28   #
kenievans Loc: Dallas
 
Very nice Robert! Perfect treatment for the bird. Thanks for posting.

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Feb 12, 2019 13:07:34   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
melueth wrote:
Robert - thanks so much for posting this. I never think about using PS filters - great reminder! And beautiful outcome!!

ML


Thank you. There is lot hidden in those menus and sub menus.

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Feb 12, 2019 13:08:15   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
kenievans wrote:
Very nice Robert! Perfect treatment for the bird. Thanks for posting.


Thank you very much.

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