Erik Rosengren, FPSA, PPSA
About the Image(s)
How I did it—our Camera Club group ventured to Ft DeSoto last week for a Sunrise then hopefully some birds. We experienced a storm a couple of weeks ago and it did a number on their beaches. I guided the group through three our haunts before finding a Great Blue Heron with a large fish in its mouth. After making a few images the members followed me to the Fort where a mating pair of Osprey hang out. Alas the nest was empty so on a lark we drove about 300 yards to the Fishing Pier and I spotted a group of birds on the beach at the waters edge. We were blessed with seven species of birds. One of my faves was a Oystercatcher eating clam meat. Tools for the day, my new Olympus OM-D Mark 111 4/3rds body, coupled with an Olympus 40-150 mm f2.8 pro lens and a 2X extender, hand held. Settings, Auto ISO, f8 at 600th of a Sec. at 220 mm. In post I flipped the image, cropped clicked on auto in camera raw, decreased the whites using the slider then dehaze to darken the background. Final touch, burned the edges to better contain the image on my canvas. You will notice a thin line contouring the birds back. Ah ha you say, over sharpened. This image was so sharp I didn’t run it through AI Clear.
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10 comments posted
I thank all of you for your comments and wish you and your families a Happy New Year. Study Group 04 was one of the few bright spots in my life this year.
  Posted: 12/30/2020 14:18:17
You may want to investigate chromatic aberration settings in camera Raw. That may be the cause of the line you see.   Posted: 12/09/2020 13:21:11
Your image of the oyster catcher is excellent. It is sharp, the black feathers have detail and the whites are not blown out even in the strong sun. You may be interested in going on to Facebook and 'liking' the OlympusUK page. They have lots of things going on which you can either watch live or go to later. They are very informative about the various camera functions. Paula can give you more information if you email me separately.   Posted: 12/10/2020 05:55:48
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Email me at photographer67@comcast.net and I can send you my large file link so you can let me take a look at the file.
I do agree with you, my Olympus file rarely need sharpening and I only use AIclear on images where I unfortunately underexposed an image taken at 5000-6400 ISO.   Posted: 12/10/2020 16:43:23
https://www.kenkoskela.com/blog/how-to-eliminate-a-halo-in-photoshop/   Posted: 12/14/2020 10:48:06
Another fantastic nature image from you, your new camera really produces sharp images and the colour is fabulous, are so lucky to have large flocks of shore birds along the peninsula were I live and our fair share of oyster catchers I must follow your lead and try and capture a few   Posted: 12/14/2020 16:01:16