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Winter 2005 Wolfgang Wander

Sharp Shinned Hawk Accipiter Striatus

NY, Setauket

Gimp actions:



* Removal of a few branches using Resynthesizer
* Digital blending (see luminous-landscape recipe).
* Selective sharpening (use edge detection layer mask) on Value channel of HSV decomposed image.
* Selective blur (using inverted edge detection layer mask).
* Local contrast enhancement (which is: USM Radius 50!, Amount 20%, Threshold 2)
* resizing / another USM on the Value channel.


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carol j. phipps10-Jan-2007 00:38
Outstanding.
Bob Moul08-Jan-2007 14:22
Awesome shot of this elusive accipiter, Wolfgang.
Tom Munson31-Dec-2006 18:27
Outstanding image Wolfgang and Happy New Year. Vote
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal14-Dec-2006 17:59
Great shot.
Ton
Janet Forjan-Freedman13-May-2006 02:27
Outstanding capture with incredible details and good exposure and colours. Janet
Pepe Zyman19-Jan-2006 05:24
Excellent shot!
Steve Ammann11-Dec-2005 02:50
Outstanding work! This guy let you get really close, it shows in the great details.
lou_rozensteins14-Nov-2005 01:29
A beautifully detailed shot, and a great pose! Very nice.
Antje Schulte12-Nov-2005 20:02
Wow, that's a beauty. Very similar to our sparrow hawks.
Tom Munson02-Nov-2005 23:06
Nice shot, I like the red eye of this mature bird. Well done
osprey18-Oct-2005 13:09
Very nice!