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Sony Forums Challenges | all galleries >> Challenge 133: 'Eat, Drink, and Be Merry' (hosted by MFC and Kara) >> Challenge 133: Exhibition > edit image
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12-MAR-2006 Marie Goodchild

Perhaps I need a napkin... *
by Marie Goodchild

Sony DSC-F717
1/125s f/3.5 at 48.5mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Katherine Stanback's Photos21-Dec-2006 00:14
Great capture of this pretty little bird! I like the crop and processing that bottles did, also.
Deb Kees21-Dec-2006 00:07
Oooh, pretty bird! Great clarity and detail. How close WERE you to this guy? Wonderful capture!---Deb
Marie Goodchild20-Dec-2006 18:26
Bottles, thanks for the suggestions and the time you put into implementing some of those changes. I like the clarity you've added, and I've already downloaded Neat Image. I'm still fairly new to this, so your help is much appreciated.
Sony Forums Challenges20-Dec-2006 06:37
Marie, you really captured this flicker well...neat how his beak is covered with those "crumbs" :) Nice color, clarity, and exposure here. Take a look at bottles changes...I think they look great with your image too. Nice shot, Marie. MFC
bottles 19-Dec-2006 06:52
Wow, beautiful shot Marie. How did you get so close to the bird? Even using full zoom you must have been pretty close. * As for critique, it's really just a matter of personal preference of course. I'd probably prefer seeing less background, I've put an example in the Demo folder. After cropping the image, I ran a noise reduction filter (Neat Image) to remove some noise while softening the feathers of the bird a little. Then, using a layer mask, I selectively removed the softness from the eye area as well as the green feeder area. I then sharpened those areas just a little. Lastly, since I didn't have the full size image, I enlarged the image just a little.