lunch with friends

[jwear]

please tell me which shot you like :dunno I am not liking the learning curve in ps .if anyone has some shots they want all messed up I have learned how to do that ,even that's not easy :cry

[jwear]

please tell me which shot you like :dunno I am not liking the learning curve in ps .if anyone has some shots they want all messed up I have learned how to do that ,even that's not easy :crysecond

[pepper44]

second
Nice shot, personally I like the first one best. (I can't say too much, because I don't know much.)

That bird has kinda scary eyes! :wxwax

-Amy

[bfjr]

If I had to I say #1 cause it is better exp to me I can clearly see the detail in bird/eye. Also it doesn't seem as flat/dull :dunno to me

I hope that helps

I gotta go redo my snake now :D

[Khaos]

1. Shadow and Highlight tool.
2. Curves.
3. Unsharp Mask.

Everyones mileage may vary, but those are the three steps I always use when dealing with birds.

Here's the results:

[Eric&Susan]

I like the bird in the first one and the background in the second one. The learning curve in PS is well worth it. You take great pics to beging with and PS will only help to make them better.
Hope you don't mind but I took a stab at it:

http://images.snapfish.com/343%3A643523232%7Ffp4%3Enu%3D3247%3E5%3B%3A%3E286%3EWSNRCG%3D3232969279754nu0mrj

I just made it a little darker in a levels layer, the erased the level layer on the bird and ran a USM on the bird. Don't know if you like it better or if I explained that well enough:dunno I too am just learning PS

Eric

[jwear]

thanks for feed back ---trying ps stuff :scratch mr no boss I need to look at your adj on another monitor mine always gives me wiggles on the web view and thanks all for feed back :thumb

[Harryb]

Hey Jeff,

I like the first shot better. I do most of my post work in Capture for my wildlife shots. I use PS for cropping and resizing. I will also use the USM for local contrast enhancement. Other than that I use Capture for my post work.

If you get the exposure to within a third of a stop and use the correct WB you really don't need to do that much post processing.

[Seamus]

I use elements 3 and convert from raw which can be done with the auto features, add contrast and saturation and sharpen. These can be done with the auto features if you want but you are better off learning to use the "layer - adjustment layer - tab". Like you I found post processing hard to do but it is enjoyable now (thanks Steve and Lynn :): ).

But I am ruthless when I go through the pics for the first time. I look at them at 100% and if they are oof or really badly exposed I delete them. With me on a bad day I might keep 5 from 200 shots.

It does make my day when I get a good one.

Shay.

ps you got a very sharp pic with an interesting subject :thumb .