These are fun birds to watch and photograph. They are very outgoing and not afraid of people. This was taken at the new bird exhibit at the Philadelphia Zoo. I even have a couple of pix with one of these Tucanettes tasting my lens hood.
Open in PS elements 5, Auto smart fix, shadow/hi-lights, levels, crop, adj sharpness, reduce noise filter, adj, hue/sat, reduce noise filter, crop, shadows/hi-lights, brightness/contrast, add border and save for web.
Post: I don't think many of the voters got the fact that this was a digital art image. It was to look as much like a cartoon as I could do in Basic Editing. Thanks for the comments, and the validation request!! that really made my day :D
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This doesn't come across as 'from the ground up' for me. Would like to see a more vertical aspect from the camera for this challenge. Strong processing on this one, like the composition but you have lost the bottom claws.
really crazy haloing from the post processing. This image has been pushed too much trying to make it something more. A well processed image doesn't look processed in my opinion. I would however like to see what the original looked like because there is a lot of potential in the shot.
In terms of the challenge it doesn't really say "from the ground up" in my opinion. Its really a case of using the perspective not just shooting something higher than the photographer.
I feel this image has potential to be spectacular, at the moment I feel it has been overworked. I would adjust curves, contrast, sharpen (minimum), change the background to a darker color so the magnificent ones you captured on the birds chest could really stand out!
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