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House Sparrow
#1

I know the common ol' House Sparrow is nothing to write home about, but I kind of like the dowdy brown and grey!
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#2

I was going to say, "pity it was not a tad sharper", but seen your post about Photobucket. What camera/lens, and, post processing, if any. Ed.
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#3

I have a Canon EOS 650D with a Canon zoom EF 100-400
I haven't been doing this very long, about 4 months, but it is something I have wanted to do all my life.
62 years in fact. So I started with the garden birds etc. and the local pond.
And yes, the original is very sharp, but has lost its sharpness by going through P/B

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#4

I am posting this again just to see if there is any difference as an attachment
   

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#5

Post edited in photoshop??

Remember, working from a 60Kb file size, from original would be better. Ed.



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#6

I don't understand what you mean about 60 kb being better?
My image is 918 kb. If I reduce the kb's I would lose sharpness, surely ??????
Or is there something I am missing ?

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#7

Bad explanation, sorry. When I save your pic from Forum, I get a 60Kb File. If working from original, which may be up to 7/8 Mb, or more, the processing would look better. Cheers. Ed.
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#8

Too sharp, IMO, Ed. Its a bird not a razor blade. Johny’s attachment looks ok to me
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#9

Appreciate where you are coming from Dean, used Hi Pass Filter, instead of Unsharp Mask. Would like a go at original though. Ed.
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#10

Nice sharp well focussed image, no contrasting distractions in the background, good depth of field and very natural colour. IMHO this one's a keeper straight out of the box Johny. Keep up the good work!

Happy Shooting people!

Regards
Keith
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#11

Thank you for your kind comments.
This was not photo-shopped, only cropped to take out most of the trees.

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(Oct 21, 2013, 10:19)johnytrout Wrote:  This was not photo-shopped, only cropped to take out most of the trees.

Your second posted image has good colour and sharpness, Johny. How about cropping slightly more to the left from your original camera shot, to give a little more space for the sparrow to "look into", e.g. -

   
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#13

Thanks for the tips guys,
I now put space into the area that the subject is looking into.
I also do the opposite when something is fleeing or running away


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#14

Very much better. You have now just got to get rid of the second hoop so they only land on the one.
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