I am not sure if this is the correct Forum but I have 2 tawny frogmouth owls sleeping on a tree outside my bathroom window and I was trying to take some photos but the quality is a problem. The issues are:
- the bathroom is on the first floor (the owls are at reasonable height from the ground)
- the bathroom has double glazing
- the window that opens has mesh fly screen that I cannot remove (installed from outside - not a clever design)
- there is always a breeze and the owls sway with it
- there is always shade and there is busy background
The best results so far: The first one is through the mesh screen. I spent a lot of time on PP but the result is still poor (mesh would be great to hide wrinkles if the owl had them!) The second is from the ground up with AV+3 against very bright background.
Any advice on how to get a better result with all above constraints in mind?
I see perfectly acceptable shots. Given the restraints imposed by mesh, height etc, both are pretty good wildlife shots. Remember, unlike studio photos, wildlife just happens and if you miss the chance, its gone for ever. Anyone taking wildlife shots always wishes for perfect conditions, but they rarely happen, so just go with what you get at the time.
You can easily get from what you showed us to here:
Just by opening the JPG in Adobe Camera Raw and playing with the sliders. And if that can be accomplished off of your already-tweaked, small example, it can be done a LOT better from the original. Show us the original?
Oh those are great! How cool having owls right outside your window!!!
I was lucky to spot them! I know they live in the area but never saw one in daytime like that. I spent many hours yesterday watching them. They are quite restless, wake up often and move around. Occasionally have a snack of worm or something.
I tried to upload RAW fiule to DPC but it won't let me. I will upload to my own site and paste a link shortly. It is 23Mb.
That will be great. Or you can save as a full-size, uncompressed JPG and post that in your workshop, and we can download that. It will probably be sufficient.
That will be great. Or you can save as a full-size, uncompressed JPG and post that in your workshop, and we can download that. It will probably be sufficient.
