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hunter20ga
19-06-2008, 21:12
OK...so I photoshopped this image, using an 80-400 mm lens at 400 mm to capture the image of the turkey vulture, and a 10.5 mm fisheye lens to capture the sky.

Two questions:

1. Does the image do anything for you?

and, more importantly...

2. When is it OK to photoshop images, and when does it become something sort of sleazy?

Hope you at least enjoy the image a bit... (I'm definitely NOT a PSE wizard.)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a64/hunter20ga/Birds/DizzyBird.jpg
Venomator
19-06-2008, 21:15
That is actually quite an exciting image Hunter ... :thumbs: ... really clever stuff but spoiled a little by the wires imhgo ... :shrug: ... but has bags of interest and is certainly a different take ... :D





:p
hunter20ga
19-06-2008, 21:27
That is actually quite an exciting image Hunter ... :thumbs: ... really clever stuff but spoiled a little by the wires imhgo ... :shrug: ... but has bags of interest and is certainly a different take ... :D





:p


That's high praise, Venomator!

Oh, I know about those wires...I've tried a couple of different ways to get rid of them, but just haven't had the luck or skill to do accomplish that feat with results I'd share with the world! I'm sure there are many on this board that could do it with their eyes closed! It's difficult to keep that same curvature in the image. Maybe I need to eliminate the wires first, before I combine the two photos? I've been trying to do it after the fact.
Matt Sayle
19-06-2008, 22:01
Sory Veno i disagree. I think the wires frame the bird superbly. This is a really cool, quirky picture!!
hunter20ga
19-06-2008, 23:14
Sory Veno i disagree. I think the wires frame the bird superbly. This is a really cool, quirky picture!!

Well...that thought had crossed my mind, too. :lol: Now, if I were to say that the picture is meant to symbolize the encroachment of humans on the natural world, then the highline wires make perfect sense, with the vulture (of all things) recoiling from the unnatural world.

BTW...if that left wing were fully extended, the vulture would be flying straight. With it partially collapsed, the right wing produces more drag, turning the bird to the right. It was this realization that prompted me to pull the sky shot out of my "save for something, some day" bin. I was simply motivated by the similar "curves" I saw in the two photos.
Kiasmum
20-06-2008, 07:44
This is a really cool, quirky picture!!

Couldn't agree more.