Posts: Nativeson42 | Ugly Hedgehog

Today's pics in the snow

These are some images of today's visitors.
They were taken from a hide while the snowflakes fell.

A Red Fox in the snow

A Woodpigeon on a snowy branch

A Roe Deer Buck with velvet covered antlers

picture not perfect when enlarged

Nov 28, 2012 08:32:00 #

(Photo Analysis)

Perhaps I'm off the mark here, but I just wanted to rule this out.

Are you sure that it's not the resolution of your monitor that's the cause of this?

I have access to 2 monitors, one low res & one high res. Images which look rubbish on the low res monitor, look great on the higher res monitor!

Nov 2, 2012 09:07:11 #

Help with a terrible photo. Sea Otters

Nativeson42 wrote:

Hi Fergus,

I really like this image, so the only thing I would do is to crop so that there is less water in the foreground & the otters are approximately on the bottom left third. I would also adjust the colour balance so that it's not so green, in this case I adjusted green by -30

Now I look at it again, I might even be tempted to crop a very small bit more off the bottom edge to improve the balance of the various elements. But, of course, it's all down to personal taste so you should really decide what you like.

Nov 2, 2012 09:02:32 #

terrybailey wrote:

Image 1 is to bright.
Image 2 is to dark.
Both are not clear and sharp.

I have attached the file after a slight fix. In between image 1
and image 2

Thanks for your efforts gonate, but this seems a little too bright & looks a little oversharpened for my taste. I prefer it if sharpening is bit more subtle

Oct 31, 2012 19:29:46 #

Thanks to all for your constructive comments.

It's helping me to make up my mind which image to use for competition though, at the moment, it's No1 with the background of No2.

In reality I think I'll rework the image so it has the best features of both, so it's constructive to know which features people consider to be better.

Thanks again

Oct 23, 2012 13:43:49 #

Hal81 wrote:

Now there's a coincidence, I'm in Bucks County UK

Oct 23, 2012 09:45:24 #

Lilac-Breasted Roller

tommyld wrote:

The Lilac-Breasted Roller, Coracias caudatus, is a... (show quote)

Lovely! Were these shot in the wild?

Oct 23, 2012 08:27:13 #

Wild Life wrote:

chinaman

There is a watermark, his name, sitting between the ears of the second image. Take a closer look and you will see it.

Well, it was raining at the time & she didn't have her umbrella ;o)

Oct 23, 2012 08:16:53 #

Wild Life wrote:

Wjames

Not sure what version of Photoshop you are using, however, if you have a burn tool you can make a copy of your original then use the burn tool to darken the sky. I would start out with only 25% as you can go over the sky more than once. Several times to get the look you want. I don't know anything about Elements as I've never used it.

Hope this helps. Have fun playing.

I decided to paste in a new sky. I used wallpaper paste with Opacity set to 0%.

I know a few elements, such as Sodium, Copper, Lead. Mostly the metals really!

What about the dinosaur, do you think I should leave it in? ;o)

Oct 23, 2012 08:12:27 #

Chinaman wrote:

Wild Life wrote:

chinaman

There is a watermark, his name, sitting between the ears of the second image. Take a closer look and you will see it.

I did, which is why I suggested removing it.

Perhaps I could just remove the fox & the grass & have done with it ;o)

Oct 21, 2012 17:08:49 #

I have 2 versions of the same image.

Both have been edited in different ways & I'd be interested to know which version people like most.

There's no right or wrong answer, I'd just like to know what people think, which one you like most & why.

Thanks in advance

Version 1

Version 2

Oct 21, 2012 16:47:01 #

TheRabidOne wrote:

Hi Dave! Great shots of wildlife. The Fox has this look of, "Hey, can't I have any privacy here? Sheesh!" What a hoot! As for the bird and it's bath..."EEK! A Peeping Tom!!!!" Enjoy your stay on UH.

Interesting transferrence!

If I had to transfer human traits on to them, knowing the preceding events, I'd say that the Deer was embarassed about being chased off by a bigger stag, the Fox cub's curiousity became stronger than it's need to scratch & the Sparrowhawk was 'drunk' with the enjoyment of the bath.

Oct 19, 2012 18:28:56 #

Rustybucket wrote:

Nativeson42 wrote:

I hadn't really noticed this on previous edit passes, but I just came across this image which has taken my fancy this time around.

Comments please

Totally get your quest for the WOW factor. This one has it in spades. The pose, the light, the textures, the muted tones....exquisit. If I had a shot like that I would definitely have "NOTICED" :-)

The thing is, I have so many that I can't spend a lot of time with each one.

On the first pass they get less than a second. Is it in focus, is there camera shake, is the exposure ok, etc, etc.

On the second pass it's do I like the pose, is it framed ok, is the animal blinking, are the ears forward, etc, etc.

When I finally get them thinned out I generate the jpgs, that's when I start to look at colours, saturation, backgrounds, etc.

And there are a lot of frames to work through. Last Sunday I took 800+ frames, last Saturday I took 600+ frames.

Perhaps you can begin to see why they sometimes get overlooked.

Sometimes I don't spot potential for months, or even years

Oct 19, 2012 17:47:10 #

I hadn't really noticed this on previous edit passes, but I just came across this image which has taken my fancy this time around.

Comments please

A Red Deer Stag in the Dawn Mist

Oct 19, 2012 17:13:20 #

Rustybucket wrote:

Ah.... just seen the title....question answered :-)

Wellllllll, you can't tell in this frame but, believe me, I have other frames that show that this is definitely a dog fox! ;o)