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Typical Nuthatch

Postby cooky on Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:28 pm

Kicking around the visitors centre at Nant yr Arian (hope i`ve spelt it right) forming the familiar Nuthatch position :D .
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Re: Typical Nuthatch

Postby Admin-John on Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:48 pm

Nice to see a Nuthatch, this has an almost Autumal feel to it. I think the lower branch dominates a little, but you managed a classic POV.
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Re: Typical Nuthatch

Postby Barry Fisher on Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:39 pm

Admin-John wrote: I think the lower branch dominates a little, but you managed a classic POV.


As John said; you could crop off most of the lower branch and then clone out the rest to bring the emphasis back to the nuthatch. The BG also looks a bit grainy which could be easily fixed with a run through Neat Image etc :D
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Re: Typical Nuthatch

Postby mjmw on Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:32 pm

I like the framing on this from the branches around the classic Nutty pose. As Barry says, a little more NR but otherwiase a fine image :)
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Re: Typical Nuthatch

Postby cooky on Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:08 pm

Hi gang,
Thanks for the comments.After reading the "needs more noise reduction" comments on several of my pics i downloaded the free version of Neat Image to give it a try,as it`s something i`ve never done to any of my pics before.Let me know folks if i`m going in the right direction.

Thanks....Cooky
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Re: Typical Nuthatch

Postby Barry Fisher on Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:39 pm

Definitely a step in the right direction Cookie, I think its far better now. (Personally, I use NI on most of my images but usually only on the BG and not on the bird) :D
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