Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 19, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Leonard Taupier wrote: > Very true, Steve. I actually need to only show the yellow eyebrows > down to the white throat. true... the paradox is that when one gets the ultimate, perfect image, even without photoshop, it is so atypical... that in a real sense (by definition) the bird is out of its habitat. Steve > > > Len > > > On Apr 19, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> >> On Apr 19, 2008, at 7:46 AM, Leonard Taupier wrote: >> >>> Here is an example of a bird I have only seen in dense brush, and >>> rare at that. I would not remove the tangled brush as it would >>> change it's habitat. I watched this bird for 15 minutes and it >>> never came out of the brush, just flew from one bush to another. >>> It's a White Throated Sparrow. >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/2uydoz >> >> >> if you wanted to use Photoshop to truly serve the bird...you would >> add dense brush, to make the bird less visible. >> >> Steve >> >> >>> >>> >>> Len >>> >>> >>> >>> On Apr 19, 2008, at 10:29 AM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: >>> >>>> Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Doug! What kind of Photoshopping are we talking about here >>>>> which distorts >>>>> the truth of the bird and its habitat? >>>> >>>> If image editing removes the clutter of dense brush so that the >>>> bird appears to be in the open it's been moved from one habitat >>>> to another. Some birds will never be seen away from dense brush, >>>> some are typically open-country birds and would not be found in >>>> dense brush. In the case of the Cardinal, as Len explained, the >>>> bird may be found in either dense brush or singing in the open. >>>> >>>> Doug Herr >>>> Birdman of Sacramento >>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> best, Steve >> >> >> "I never wanted to be famous" >> http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/186890 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information best, Steve "I never wanted to be famous" http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/186890