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Rocket · 22nd February 2018, 12:28

I recently had this shot printed and it now hangs by my desk.
I took it on Feb 6th

The first pic is how it came out the camera.
The second pic is just cropped.
The third pic is cropped and edited.

The shot was taken late in the day and the sun was hitting the bird in the face. The rear of the bird was in shadow.
I always shoot in RAW (as opposed to JPEG) , this enables me to retain more detail in the dark and light areas for editing.

I have had to convert these pics to JPEG to display here.

In a nutshell.
I darkened the light areas.
I lightened the dark areas.
I boosted the colour

I did other tweeks but the above is what really matters.

DSC00097 by Paul Stickley, on Flickr

DSC00097-2 by Paul Stickley, on Flickr

DSC00097-3 by Paul Stickley, on Flickr

22nd February 2018, 12:28	#2
Rocket Posted a thing or two ROVER 75 CONNOISSEUR SE HIGHLINE TOURER MANUAL 2.5 V6 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midhurst Posts: 1,680 Thanks: 679 Thanked 735 Times in 530 Posts	I recently had this shot printed and it now hangs by my desk. I took it on Feb 6th The first pic is how it came out the camera. The second pic is just cropped. The third pic is cropped and edited. The shot was taken late in the day and the sun was hitting the bird in the face. The rear of the bird was in shadow. I always shoot in RAW (as opposed to JPEG) , this enables me to retain more detail in the dark and light areas for editing. I have had to convert these pics to JPEG to display here. In a nutshell. I darkened the light areas. I lightened the dark areas. I boosted the colour I did other tweeks but the above is what really matters. DSC00097 by Paul Stickley, on Flickr DSC00097-2 by Paul Stickley, on Flickr DSC00097-3 by Paul Stickley, on Flickr __________________ Paul http://www.paulstickley.com/