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sunstroke
Posted by Helen (Melbourne, Australia) on 18 December 2006 in Animal & Insect.
The other day when it was very hot, this magpie hung around my chair thinking it might get a look in at some of my sandwich. As it waited patiently in the sun it started looking more and more demented ... I think it suffered sunstroke.
(Yes, I gave in and it was OK as soon as the bread hit the ground.)
CHALLENGE
I love this photo but it needs some work done to make the bird's head clearer. I have been strikingly unsuccessful at improving it. Can anything be done? Do any of you very clever people out there have any suggestions as to how to begin? (I have PhotoShop but not CS2)
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sharpeye from Mumbai, India
Yes, as Darren said - it seems to be posing for the camera. Lovely picture.
18 Dec 2006 6:31am
Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India
Yes "posing" is waht came to my mind too. Smart bird.
18 Dec 2006 8:44am
Manuela Photography from Hainburg (near Frankfurt/Main), Germany
Good pose! And Helen with such a good heart, there should be more of us on the planet ;)
18 Dec 2006 9:25am
Stu from Kyoto, Japan
i think he might be trying to hypnotize you into giving him your sandwich! ;-)
p.s. thanks for taking the time to Google Koi!
18 Dec 2006 10:29am
Ali-G from Ottawa, Canada
Hmmmm - starting to get sea-sick just looking at this bird - my monitor is starting to spin!
18 Dec 2006 4:01pm
Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada
Quite an effective beggar, this one. I think I would've given in as well. As to photoshop, if you wanted to make his left eye more visible, I'd suggest going to Image>Adjust>Shadow/Highlight (but you'd need a fairly recent version of Photoshop - I think from CS1 up) or you could try your luck with the dodge tool - remember to keep the exposure adjustment on this tool low (I usually use about 10% to avoid overdoing it).
18 Dec 2006 4:46pm
@Damon Schreiber: Thanks Damon. Unfortunately, I don't have the Image>Adjust>Shadow/Highlight tool but I am now playing around with the dodge tool. Mmm, I can see loads of things I could do with this, thanks for your support, you can see I am a Photoshop beginner.
Martine Lapointe from Québec, Canada
Nice shot! Flow Damon's intructions. Probabley it will enhance the picture. Good luck!
18 Dec 2006 5:52pm
Craiger from Vacaville, United States
Great shot! Good timing! Yes, Damon's advise is good. You might also try using the sharpen tool or sharpen filter on the birds head and eye. You could also try selecting his eye color and increasing the saturation a bit or give it more tint with the brush tool. I can't tell you how many classic shots I've got that the exposure or focus was just far enough out that I couldn't use photoshop to tweek it. Best of luck to you Helen!
19 Dec 2006 10:48pm
