Sharon Prislipsky, APSA, EPSA
November 2024 - Happy Thanksgiving
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About the Image(s)
I confess...they were under a bird feeder in deep shadow. It was a pretty large flock and I kept hoping to isolate one individual, but they did not cooperate. I finally decided to pick the best looking fellow and get in as tight as I could.
Canon R5; Canon rf 100-500mm lens; handheld at 500mm.
After cropping I ran Topaz DeNoise AI. In LR I set white and black points, adjusted the tone curve, used Color Mixer to saturate blues and reds and tweaked contrast and clarity. In Photoshop I did quite a few selective adjustments. I wanted the colors of the feathers to pop.
In Color EFex 6 I added polarization and tonal contrast.
They are not the prettiest birds on the planet but I tried to show him at his best. Let me know wht you think.
9 comments posted
The white head with cascading pink pops from those whorling patterns, subtle earth tones and textures. The eye is wonderful, and the expression seems to say "Really? You would eat ME?" Posted: 11/02/2024 15:57:23
Thanks, Judith. You made me smile. Posted: 11/09/2024 20:40:15
A perfect Thanksgiving treat. Very nice. I like your crop which places the turkey's head in a dynamic position. My only suggestion would be to darken the blacks a bit as they look a bit washed out. It would also darken the red of the turkey's wattle. Posted: 11/02/2024 18:53:07
Thanks, Mike, I have been fooling around with this some more and given it a photo painting treatment which accomplished most of what you suggested. Posted: 11/09/2024 20:41:19
Wow what a lot of feathers to carry around! Very well documented here and the head poking through is great. Amazing how the colours of the neck are present in the feathers too. Very nice crop. Might have put a slight vignette around. Posted: 11/03/2024 22:29:55
Thanks, Ally. It actually has a slight vignette, but maybe I need to increase the intensity. Posted: 11/09/2024 20:41:59
I really enjoy the look in that turkey's eye, Judith and I are on the same page. Although I think that he is thinking "what a handsome guy I am'. I like the tight cropping and the fan of colored feathers is wonderful. You might consider increasing the saturation a touch, particularly on the waddle, and darken the black/brown feathers a bit. This is the perfect November image. Posted: 11/12/2024 17:57:06
Thanks, Polly. This week I have been watching the Photoshop Summit 6 videos and have learned some new tricks. I think you are correct about the saturation and some of the stuff I learned may get me that result. Posted: 11/14/2024 13:08:03
Turkeys are like moose, they are so ugly they are cute. I like how you cropped to isolate this majestic fella from the rest. The one thing that pulls my eye away is the different feather in the bottom left corner. I might suggest trying a vertical crop as that might eliminate that feather and see what you think. I like the suggestions from the others so won't repeat them. The wattle in the original is a deeper red and to me it looks flat in the edited version. Maybe mask the head and bring out the reds and blues more. I hope he escapes the Thanksgiving table. Posted: 11/17/2024 20:56:02