Down by the River: A collection of the usual suspects with the exception of the Night Heron, it is my first encounter with that bird and I was fortunate enough to be able to get close...

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

A collection of the usual suspects with the exception of the Night Heron, it is my first encounter with that bird and I was fortunate enough to be able to get close to this bird. I had some fun with the Snowy by using the colorful umbrellas and chairs in front of.a restaurant on the other side of the river to create a colorful out of focus area behind the bird.

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ClarkG Loc: Southern Indiana USA

Ummmmm.......no photos?

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

ClarkG wrote:

Ummmmm.......no photos?

Yeah, accidentally hit send, come back in a few minutes, it will be worth the wait, adding attachments now.

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

Nice Blurry. I like the last two pictures of modern day Pterodactyls.

John

National Park

I like them all, but especially the fourth one-snowy egret?

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

National Park wrote:

I like them all, but especially the fourth one-snowy egret?

Yes, it is a Snowy, the larger white egrets are called Great egrets. I believe that they are all a part of the Heron family, the smaller dark bird is a lil Blue Heron.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

letmedance wrote:

Nice Blurry. I like the last two pictures of modern day Pterodactyls.

John

Thanks John.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

Blurryeyed wrote:

A collection of the usual suspects with the exception of the Night Heron, it is my first encounter with that bird and I was fortunate enough to be able to get close to this bird. I had some fun with the Snowy by using the colorful umbrellas and chairs in front of.a restaurant on the other side of the river to create a colorful out of focus area behind the bird.

Attractive series.

Katydid Loc: Davis, CA

Those are really amazing closeups!

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Blurryeyed wrote:

A collection of the usual suspects with the exception of the Night Heron, it is my first encounter with that bird and I was fortunate enough to be able to get close to this bird. I had some fun with the Snowy by using the colorful umbrellas and chairs in front of.a restaurant on the other side of the river to create a colorful out of focus area behind the bird.

Outstanding images. What is your post processing work flow?

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Excellent set!

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Thanks Karin and Katy, Thanks Swamp-Cork.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

PixelStan77 wrote:

Outstanding images. What is your post processing work flow?

Stan, I really do most of my post in Adobe Camera Raw, I use it to adjust exposure if needed and then to adjust white balance and tonal qualities, highlights and shadows. I try to be conservative with sharpening because in my opinion over sharpening can really hurt an image. If I have processed well in Camera Raw then all I do in Photoshop generally is cropping and I use the High Pass filter for sharpening because I feel it is a bit more subtle than the Unsharpen Mask or the Sharpening tool, I paying close attention to how many pixels are in the cropped image, if I had to crop a lot then I set the filter for less sharpening if the image is uncropped or slightly cropped I will use stronger sharpening. That may seem counter intuitive but my reasoning is that the more pixels are in your subject then the more pixels you can use for sharpening without making the image to contrasty.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Looking good and fine job!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Very nice set.