* Rob. wrote:
> Troy Piggins wrote:
>
>> * mark.thomas.7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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>>>On Apr 28, 1:10�pm, Troy Piggins <usenet-0...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>>Cute little finch.
>>>>
>>>>http://piggo.com/~troy/photos.php?album=2008_03_28&img=photos/2008_03...
>>>
>>>G'day, Troy - nice work, but yes, it does look softish.
>>
>> G'day Mark
>>
>> Here is the full-sized original with just some curves work,
>> unsharpened but saved to 85% quality to get the file size down:
>>
>> http://piggo.com/~troy/images/ausphoto/IMG_6644-orig.JPG
>
> Mark hit the nail on the head with the noise reduction bit.
Ssshhh. He'll get a big head :)
> Thats much better I put a heap of smart sharpen through and I can now
> see the eyes, feathers, feet look good, detail in the branch etc. It did
> bring up the noise in the background tho which can be reduced
>
> There are methods to reduce the noise using layers. placing a blur on
> the top one and making a hole through it to see the sharpened bird.
Yeah, I've played with that.
> With the colours, the beak looked very blue/green cast whereas the
> larger image is more neutral - keep playing with the curves.
Thanks Rob, and Mark.
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Troy Piggins
I always appreciate critique.


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