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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:04 am
by mikemeister_admin
Would love to see what you can do with this Woodpecker shot I took this morning.
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:54 am
by mikemeister_admin
The slight discoloation under the beak is intentional.GregM
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:06 am
by ggroess
I thought he needed some Blue sky...
Very nice image BTW...
Greg
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:48 am
by mikemeister_admin
Lovely image - I thought I'd ruffle his feathers a bit
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:35 am
by mikemeister_admin
GregM - I like the saturation and richness you added. Seems to add to the clarity too.
Greg - Nice job on the BG. Did you also apply a curve? Seems to be more detail in the bird.
Zog - Nice contrast in the feathers. Seems to bring his eye out too.
Fine work all! Thanks!
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:32 am
by ggroess
There are multiple things going on...
The bird has been corrected BTN in the RGB space. It was tough to choose a neutral...
The saturation was boosted in LAB.
The background was changed using a LAB trick to replace the colors.
I blurred the A and B channels a bit in LAB to reduce the back ground noise.
I sharpened using USM and a copy of the same mask used for the background color change.
Greg
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:21 am
by mikemeister_admin
Thanks Greg, looks great! I sure hope you will be covering that LAB trick in class :)
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:19 pm
by ggroess
indeed we do....It is so simple...and so powerful...
Greg
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:19 pm
by -default
Wow, Greg. Great pic!