Turnstone in St. Ives

denirouk · 10 Mar 2016

Turnstone by Liam Edwards, on Flickr

These beautiful little birds have starting popping up in St Ives recently, they don't seem to be too bothered by humans either!

Kodiak Qc · 10 Mar 2016

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Cool separation from the BG but
isn't it a tad over PP'ed, Liam?

htid · 10 Mar 2016

I agree with Kodiak, looks a bit too overdone to me, but good that you can get close!

denirouk · 12 Mar 2016

Thanks for the feedback guys, what do you think about this instead?

Turstone V2 by Liam Edwards, on Flickr

Nawty · 12 Mar 2016

Still looks waaaay over done for my tastes - look at the chroma noise in the background - dial down the saturation.

Nice shot though

htid · 12 Mar 2016

Nawty said:
Still looks waaaay over done for my tastes - look at the chroma noise in the background - dial down the saturation.

Nice shot though

Agreed, also too much contrast do you think?

Kodiak Qc · 12 Mar 2016

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Liam,

PP is to photography what makeup is to young girls!

As the recorded data was "seen" by a mineral sensor,
PP will bring some more "organic" look to its features.
This can be easily overdone… like makeup!

denirouk · 12 Mar 2016

Cheers guys, I rarely get much feedback like this so it's proving to be very helpful!

Turnstone v3 by Liam Edwards, on Flickr

Just for reference this is the original:

Turnstone Original by Liam Edwards, on Flickr

Nawty · 12 Mar 2016

Much better although still a little too much for me, I think like @htid says the contrast is a little strong (or the blacks slider is too high).

denirouk · 12 Mar 2016

Turnstone v4 by Liam Edwards, on Flickr

Trying to add a bit of 'punch' to the image without over do-ing it now..

Nawty · 12 Mar 2016

Ahh, now that's nice, good job

htid · 12 Mar 2016

Yes that's much better! There wasn't MUCH wrong with the original tbh! Only a small adjustment needed and you've nailed it now.

denirouk · 12 Mar 2016

Cheers guys, I've always had a tendency to over edit images, here's to breaking that habit!

htid · 12 Mar 2016

Do you have a decent monitor? Cheap monitors make it difficult to edit.

wezza13 · 12 Mar 2016

Liam, it's a nice shot mate. Composition is fine with a nice background.

The first load were way, way over-processed but your last one looks fine and is the best of the bunch by a mile

wardy07 · 12 Mar 2016

I've been watching your edits evolve and you now have a really good natural looking photo with th bird itself nice and sharp too. Good progress made and far better than the first 2. Well done.

wezza13 · 12 Mar 2016

Was going to have a go at it for you (my noob take

) but you don't allow to edit your images.

Basically then, what I would've done is (with LR) use the adjustment brush and paint over the bird only. Then I would set some Sharpness, tone down the Highlights a bit, add a teensy bit of Clarity and maybe a touch (+4 maybe) of Saturation on the bird only and leave the BG untouched.