yet another robin but it's my first

[les]

I have been trying for months to get a decent bird shot and then this little fella appeared
http://www.btccandmore.co.uk/animal_fav/robin_crop.jpg

I'm chuffed with it

[BigBaldBob]

Nice one Les. Good capture mate :thumbs:
Well done.

[CT]

Nice -in song too! :thumbs:

[hairy]

Good shot :thumbs:
Always a willing little bird :)

[Veracocha]

I can think of no better way of celebrating my 100th post than by saying how lovely that picture is. :thumbs:

[lilfatman]

im still trying well done on a good pic

[IanC_UK]

Thats pretty good les :) well caught, had a little play n photoshop and it will come up even better with a play, you havent got edit image ok ticked so i wont put it up, but if you like i can send you a link to the edited file :)

[les]

Thats pretty good les :) well caught, had a little play n photoshop and it will come up even better with a play, you havent got edit image ok ticked so i wont put it up, but if you like i can send you a link to the edited file :)


please go ahead and as I have just got my hands on photoshop cs please tell me what you did and how

[james_death]

Nice shot

[IanC_UK]

Here it is Les,

Before
http://www.btccandmore.co.uk/animal_fav/robin_crop.jpg

After
http://www.apsq91.dsl.pipex.com/images/robin_crop.jpg

First thing i did was tweak the levels, then adjusted the saturation and wound it by about 10 , then ran some unsharp mask. Theres a tutorial on the forum on how its done ill find the link for you :) I didnt follow 100% but it gives some very good rough guidelines

[IanC_UK]

Heres the tutorial

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2480

Hope it helps :)

[Venomator]

Very nice capture in the first place Les ... :thumbs: ... and Ian's jobby shows a marked improvement in the 'shopping treatment ... :D




:p

[les]

thanks - it looks really good.
I'll have a read and try it out on my copy and see if I can get it as good as yours