See item 1 in BAA Bulletin #420 here<\/a>. Complete details will be on the blog this weekend. In the Bulletin, see also some of the great images from Denise Ipploito’s MiniMag. In the meantime, was are getting together some killer (i.e., valuable) door prizes for the NYC Seminar–see seminar details below. Door prize details coming soon. <\/p>\n
Black-browed Albatross on nest with chick, New Island, Falkland Islands. This image was created with the Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom lens<\/a>, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter)<\/a>, and the unfortunately discontinued EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop: 1\/400 sec. at f\/5.6. <\/p>\nTwo sensors left and above the central sensor\/AI Servo\/Rear Focus Expand AF active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial. <\/p>\nOn my upcoming trip I will have the 70-200 f\/2.8L IS II with a 1.4X III TC and a 5D Mark III on my shoulder via a Black Rapid RS-7 strap<\/a> whenever I am in the field. And with Cheeseman’s<\/a>, you get lots of time on each landing. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Too Excited: Mis-framed…<\/h3>\n<p>Denise Ippolito and I are getting super-excited: we leave in 11 days to join the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheesemans.com\/sogeorgia_oct12.html\">South Georgia and Falklands Expedition<\/a> put together by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheesemans.com\/index.html\">Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris<\/a>. As Lady D would say, “Whoohooo!” As regular readers recall I did their Antarctica\/South Georgia\/Falklands trip at the beginning of 2102. It was a great trip. Just this morning I was (finally) finishing editing the trip folder so that I could get it onto the main office computer and have lots of room on my laptop for the new images from this trip. In addition, if your computer is too full it really slows down Photoshop. <\/p>\n<p>In any case, when I saw the albatross in the opening image stand up on the nest for only a moment I was so excited that I mis-framed the image cutting off both the side and the bottom of the nest. From <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=19\">The Art of Bird Photography II<\/a> (ABP II: 916 pages on CD only), “If you choose to include an object in the frame,” in this case the nest, “it is important to include the whole thing with a nice border around it.? And this was the only vertical frame that I had. What to do?<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>I had created this image before the albatross stood up….<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>The Plan!<\/h3>\n<p>After first declining to process the vertical image I realized that I could expand the canvas below and left, grab the missing portions of the nest from the horizontal capture, and rebuild the nest and the background. So I did. The final image is below. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_2_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This is the optimized master file sized for the web at 1024 wide and sharpened at 125\/0.3\/0 with Unsharp Mask. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Voila<\/h3>\n<p>Time in Photoshop for the nest reconstruction was about 20 minutes. It is of course much, much better to get it right in the field. But heck, I just got too excited and it all happened to fast…. So I used the tools that I had to make a much more pleasing much more salable image, one that made me happy. <\/p>\n<p>After expanding canvas as needed I used a series of transformed Quick Masks (some with Layer masks of course), the Clone Stamp Tool, the Patch Tool, and the Spot Healing Brush to repair, fill in, and touch up. The basics of Quick Masking, Layer Masking for Dummies, and detailed instructions for using the Clone Stamp Tool, the Patch Tool, and the Spot Healing Brush for image clean-up along with my complete digital workflow and dozens of great Photoshop tips are included in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=252\">Digital Basics<\/a>, a PDF that is sent via e-mail. Advanced Quick Masking is covered in detail in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=54\">APTATS I.<\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_3_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>See “Even Better?” immediately below…\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Even Better?<\/h3>\n<p>Dennis Goulet left the following comment: <\/p>\n<p>“I love the image and the capture of the adult and chick both looking at the camera; it would certainly been a shame to discard it. The rebuilding of the nest is very well done, but I find the background to the right of the bird too eye catching. Compared to the rest of the background it has the appearance of being manufactured. I think it\u2019s the numerous parallel lines that catch the eye. Perhaps there are other images available that can supply more complete background to clone into this image.”<\/p>\n<p><em>I responded, “Good catch Dennis; I missed those striations. I did not have any source material so I ran a layer of Viveza with the Structure slider moved all the way to the right and then added some Surface Blur in Photoshop at 3\/7. Then added a Hide-All mask and painted the softening effect on most of the background. Now I have to do back and re-do the master fil. Thanks for your excellent critique.<\/em>” artie<\/p>\n<h3>What Do You Think? <\/h3>\n<p>Take a moment to let us know what you think of the repair job. Would you have deleted the vertical image? Processed it as is? Whatever your choice, please let us know your rationale. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_4_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>NYC Weekend Nature Photography Seminar<\/h3>\n<h2><center> Presented by Denise Ippolito\/<a href=\"http:\/\/deniseippolito.com\/\">A Creative Adventure<\/a> and Arthur Morris\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsasart.com\/\">BIRDS AS ART<\/a><br \/>\nHilton Garden Inn, Staten Island, New York. December 8-9, 2012 from 9am-4:30pm.<br \/>\nWeekend: $169. SAT or SUN: $99. Lodging available for out of town guests.<br \/>\nSaturday: Image Capture Sunday: Image Evaluation and Processing <\/center> <\/h2>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2012\/07\/01\/new-york-city-weekend-nature-photography-seminar-december-8-9-2012\/\">here<\/a> for complete details including the Saturday and Sunday schedules, club and group discount info, and registration incentives and for more info on the In-the-Field Seminar Follow-up Workshop. <\/p>\n<p>Artie, the grizzled veteran, is widely noted as one of the premier bird photographers, tour leaders, and educators on the planet. Denise, who specializes in flowers, is the mega-creative up-and-comer, a popular lecturer, a skilled field instructor, and an amazing Photoshop wizard who will share her tips and tricks with you. Both artie and denise are full time professional nature photographers. <\/p>\n<h3>BIRDS AS ART Instructional Photo-Tours<\/h3>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsasart.com\/include-pages\/ipt-updates\/\">here<\/a> for complete IPT information including the current schedule and links to general IPT info, deposit and cancellation policies. and the required registration and release forms.<\/p>\n<h3>Shop B&H<\/h3>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/images\/affiliateimages\/728x90.jpg\" alt=\"B&H Photo Video Pro Audio\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" border=\"0\" usemap=\"#Map\" \/><\/p>\n<map name=\"Map\" id=\"Map\">\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"530,7,730,84\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"photography\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"10,4,77,87\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Professional-Audio\/ci\/12154\/N\/4294550705\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Pro Audio\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"100,4,189,84\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Computers-Solutions\/ci\/9581\/N\/4294542559\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Computers and Solutions\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"210,10,294,83\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Portable-Entertainment\/ci\/8565\/N\/4294542748\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Portable Entertainment\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"316,13,401,84\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Home-Entertainment\/ci\/4600\/N\/4294544179\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Home Entertament\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"422,7,511,81\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Photography\/ci\/989\/N\/4294538916\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"photography\" \/>\n<\/map>\n<p><img src = \"https:\/\/affiliates.bhphotovideo.com\/se.asp?e=331&id=7226\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<h2>Shop B&H. 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Two sensors left and above the central sensor\/AI Servo\/Rear Focus Expand AF active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial. <\/p>\nOn my upcoming trip I will have the 70-200 f\/2.8L IS II with a 1.4X III TC and a 5D Mark III on my shoulder via a Black Rapid RS-7 strap<\/a> whenever I am in the field. And with Cheeseman’s<\/a>, you get lots of time on each landing. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Too Excited: Mis-framed…<\/h3>\n<p>Denise Ippolito and I are getting super-excited: we leave in 11 days to join the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheesemans.com\/sogeorgia_oct12.html\">South Georgia and Falklands Expedition<\/a> put together by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheesemans.com\/index.html\">Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris<\/a>. As Lady D would say, “Whoohooo!” As regular readers recall I did their Antarctica\/South Georgia\/Falklands trip at the beginning of 2102. It was a great trip. Just this morning I was (finally) finishing editing the trip folder so that I could get it onto the main office computer and have lots of room on my laptop for the new images from this trip. In addition, if your computer is too full it really slows down Photoshop. <\/p>\n<p>In any case, when I saw the albatross in the opening image stand up on the nest for only a moment I was so excited that I mis-framed the image cutting off both the side and the bottom of the nest. From <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=19\">The Art of Bird Photography II<\/a> (ABP II: 916 pages on CD only), “If you choose to include an object in the frame,” in this case the nest, “it is important to include the whole thing with a nice border around it.? And this was the only vertical frame that I had. What to do?<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>I had created this image before the albatross stood up….<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>The Plan!<\/h3>\n<p>After first declining to process the vertical image I realized that I could expand the canvas below and left, grab the missing portions of the nest from the horizontal capture, and rebuild the nest and the background. So I did. The final image is below. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_2_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This is the optimized master file sized for the web at 1024 wide and sharpened at 125\/0.3\/0 with Unsharp Mask. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Voila<\/h3>\n<p>Time in Photoshop for the nest reconstruction was about 20 minutes. It is of course much, much better to get it right in the field. But heck, I just got too excited and it all happened to fast…. So I used the tools that I had to make a much more pleasing much more salable image, one that made me happy. <\/p>\n<p>After expanding canvas as needed I used a series of transformed Quick Masks (some with Layer masks of course), the Clone Stamp Tool, the Patch Tool, and the Spot Healing Brush to repair, fill in, and touch up. The basics of Quick Masking, Layer Masking for Dummies, and detailed instructions for using the Clone Stamp Tool, the Patch Tool, and the Spot Healing Brush for image clean-up along with my complete digital workflow and dozens of great Photoshop tips are included in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=252\">Digital Basics<\/a>, a PDF that is sent via e-mail. Advanced Quick Masking is covered in detail in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=54\">APTATS I.<\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_3_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>See “Even Better?” immediately below…\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Even Better?<\/h3>\n<p>Dennis Goulet left the following comment: <\/p>\n<p>“I love the image and the capture of the adult and chick both looking at the camera; it would certainly been a shame to discard it. The rebuilding of the nest is very well done, but I find the background to the right of the bird too eye catching. Compared to the rest of the background it has the appearance of being manufactured. I think it\u2019s the numerous parallel lines that catch the eye. Perhaps there are other images available that can supply more complete background to clone into this image.”<\/p>\n<p><em>I responded, “Good catch Dennis; I missed those striations. I did not have any source material so I ran a layer of Viveza with the Structure slider moved all the way to the right and then added some Surface Blur in Photoshop at 3\/7. Then added a Hide-All mask and painted the softening effect on most of the background. Now I have to do back and re-do the master fil. Thanks for your excellent critique.<\/em>” artie<\/p>\n<h3>What Do You Think? <\/h3>\n<p>Take a moment to let us know what you think of the repair job. Would you have deleted the vertical image? Processed it as is? Whatever your choice, please let us know your rationale. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_4_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>NYC Weekend Nature Photography Seminar<\/h3>\n<h2><center> Presented by Denise Ippolito\/<a href=\"http:\/\/deniseippolito.com\/\">A Creative Adventure<\/a> and Arthur Morris\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsasart.com\/\">BIRDS AS ART<\/a><br \/>\nHilton Garden Inn, Staten Island, New York. December 8-9, 2012 from 9am-4:30pm.<br \/>\nWeekend: $169. SAT or SUN: $99. Lodging available for out of town guests.<br \/>\nSaturday: Image Capture Sunday: Image Evaluation and Processing <\/center> <\/h2>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2012\/07\/01\/new-york-city-weekend-nature-photography-seminar-december-8-9-2012\/\">here<\/a> for complete details including the Saturday and Sunday schedules, club and group discount info, and registration incentives and for more info on the In-the-Field Seminar Follow-up Workshop. <\/p>\n<p>Artie, the grizzled veteran, is widely noted as one of the premier bird photographers, tour leaders, and educators on the planet. Denise, who specializes in flowers, is the mega-creative up-and-comer, a popular lecturer, a skilled field instructor, and an amazing Photoshop wizard who will share her tips and tricks with you. Both artie and denise are full time professional nature photographers. <\/p>\n<h3>BIRDS AS ART Instructional Photo-Tours<\/h3>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsasart.com\/include-pages\/ipt-updates\/\">here<\/a> for complete IPT information including the current schedule and links to general IPT info, deposit and cancellation policies. and the required registration and release forms.<\/p>\n<h3>Shop B&H<\/h3>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/images\/affiliateimages\/728x90.jpg\" alt=\"B&H Photo Video Pro Audio\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" border=\"0\" usemap=\"#Map\" \/><\/p>\n<map name=\"Map\" id=\"Map\">\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"530,7,730,84\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"photography\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"10,4,77,87\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Professional-Audio\/ci\/12154\/N\/4294550705\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Pro Audio\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"100,4,189,84\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Computers-Solutions\/ci\/9581\/N\/4294542559\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Computers and Solutions\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"210,10,294,83\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Portable-Entertainment\/ci\/8565\/N\/4294542748\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Portable Entertainment\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"316,13,401,84\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Home-Entertainment\/ci\/4600\/N\/4294544179\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Home Entertament\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"422,7,511,81\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Photography\/ci\/989\/N\/4294538916\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"photography\" \/>\n<\/map>\n<p><img src = \"https:\/\/affiliates.bhphotovideo.com\/se.asp?e=331&id=7226\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<h2>Shop B&H. 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In the meantime, was are getting together some killer (i.e., valuable) door prizes for the NYC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-147","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
On my upcoming trip I will have the 70-200 f\/2.8L IS II with a 1.4X III TC and a 5D Mark III on my shoulder via a Black Rapid RS-7 strap<\/a> whenever I am in the field. And with Cheeseman’s<\/a>, you get lots of time on each landing. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Too Excited: Mis-framed…<\/h3>\n<p>Denise Ippolito and I are getting super-excited: we leave in 11 days to join the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheesemans.com\/sogeorgia_oct12.html\">South Georgia and Falklands Expedition<\/a> put together by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheesemans.com\/index.html\">Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris<\/a>. As Lady D would say, “Whoohooo!” As regular readers recall I did their Antarctica\/South Georgia\/Falklands trip at the beginning of 2102. It was a great trip. Just this morning I was (finally) finishing editing the trip folder so that I could get it onto the main office computer and have lots of room on my laptop for the new images from this trip. In addition, if your computer is too full it really slows down Photoshop. <\/p>\n<p>In any case, when I saw the albatross in the opening image stand up on the nest for only a moment I was so excited that I mis-framed the image cutting off both the side and the bottom of the nest. From <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=19\">The Art of Bird Photography II<\/a> (ABP II: 916 pages on CD only), “If you choose to include an object in the frame,” in this case the nest, “it is important to include the whole thing with a nice border around it.? And this was the only vertical frame that I had. What to do?<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>I had created this image before the albatross stood up….<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>The Plan!<\/h3>\n<p>After first declining to process the vertical image I realized that I could expand the canvas below and left, grab the missing portions of the nest from the horizontal capture, and rebuild the nest and the background. So I did. The final image is below. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_2_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This is the optimized master file sized for the web at 1024 wide and sharpened at 125\/0.3\/0 with Unsharp Mask. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Voila<\/h3>\n<p>Time in Photoshop for the nest reconstruction was about 20 minutes. It is of course much, much better to get it right in the field. But heck, I just got too excited and it all happened to fast…. So I used the tools that I had to make a much more pleasing much more salable image, one that made me happy. <\/p>\n<p>After expanding canvas as needed I used a series of transformed Quick Masks (some with Layer masks of course), the Clone Stamp Tool, the Patch Tool, and the Spot Healing Brush to repair, fill in, and touch up. The basics of Quick Masking, Layer Masking for Dummies, and detailed instructions for using the Clone Stamp Tool, the Patch Tool, and the Spot Healing Brush for image clean-up along with my complete digital workflow and dozens of great Photoshop tips are included in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=252\">Digital Basics<\/a>, a PDF that is sent via e-mail. Advanced Quick Masking is covered in detail in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=54\">APTATS I.<\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_3_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>See “Even Better?” immediately below…\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Even Better?<\/h3>\n<p>Dennis Goulet left the following comment: <\/p>\n<p>“I love the image and the capture of the adult and chick both looking at the camera; it would certainly been a shame to discard it. The rebuilding of the nest is very well done, but I find the background to the right of the bird too eye catching. Compared to the rest of the background it has the appearance of being manufactured. I think it\u2019s the numerous parallel lines that catch the eye. Perhaps there are other images available that can supply more complete background to clone into this image.”<\/p>\n<p><em>I responded, “Good catch Dennis; I missed those striations. I did not have any source material so I ran a layer of Viveza with the Structure slider moved all the way to the right and then added some Surface Blur in Photoshop at 3\/7. Then added a Hide-All mask and painted the softening effect on most of the background. Now I have to do back and re-do the master fil. Thanks for your excellent critique.<\/em>” artie<\/p>\n<h3>What Do You Think? <\/h3>\n<p>Take a moment to let us know what you think of the repair job. Would you have deleted the vertical image? Processed it as is? Whatever your choice, please let us know your rationale. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_4_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>NYC Weekend Nature Photography Seminar<\/h3>\n<h2><center> Presented by Denise Ippolito\/<a href=\"http:\/\/deniseippolito.com\/\">A Creative Adventure<\/a> and Arthur Morris\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsasart.com\/\">BIRDS AS ART<\/a><br \/>\nHilton Garden Inn, Staten Island, New York. December 8-9, 2012 from 9am-4:30pm.<br \/>\nWeekend: $169. SAT or SUN: $99. Lodging available for out of town guests.<br \/>\nSaturday: Image Capture Sunday: Image Evaluation and Processing <\/center> <\/h2>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2012\/07\/01\/new-york-city-weekend-nature-photography-seminar-december-8-9-2012\/\">here<\/a> for complete details including the Saturday and Sunday schedules, club and group discount info, and registration incentives and for more info on the In-the-Field Seminar Follow-up Workshop. <\/p>\n<p>Artie, the grizzled veteran, is widely noted as one of the premier bird photographers, tour leaders, and educators on the planet. Denise, who specializes in flowers, is the mega-creative up-and-comer, a popular lecturer, a skilled field instructor, and an amazing Photoshop wizard who will share her tips and tricks with you. 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<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Too Excited: Mis-framed…<\/h3>\n<p>Denise Ippolito and I are getting super-excited: we leave in 11 days to join the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheesemans.com\/sogeorgia_oct12.html\">South Georgia and Falklands Expedition<\/a> put together by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheesemans.com\/index.html\">Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris<\/a>. As Lady D would say, “Whoohooo!” As regular readers recall I did their Antarctica\/South Georgia\/Falklands trip at the beginning of 2102. It was a great trip. Just this morning I was (finally) finishing editing the trip folder so that I could get it onto the main office computer and have lots of room on my laptop for the new images from this trip. In addition, if your computer is too full it really slows down Photoshop. <\/p>\n<p>In any case, when I saw the albatross in the opening image stand up on the nest for only a moment I was so excited that I mis-framed the image cutting off both the side and the bottom of the nest. From <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=19\">The Art of Bird Photography II<\/a> (ABP II: 916 pages on CD only), “If you choose to include an object in the frame,” in this case the nest, “it is important to include the whole thing with a nice border around it.? And this was the only vertical frame that I had. What to do?<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>I had created this image before the albatross stood up….<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>The Plan!<\/h3>\n<p>After first declining to process the vertical image I realized that I could expand the canvas below and left, grab the missing portions of the nest from the horizontal capture, and rebuild the nest and the background. So I did. The final image is below. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_2_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This is the optimized master file sized for the web at 1024 wide and sharpened at 125\/0.3\/0 with Unsharp Mask. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Voila<\/h3>\n<p>Time in Photoshop for the nest reconstruction was about 20 minutes. It is of course much, much better to get it right in the field. But heck, I just got too excited and it all happened to fast…. So I used the tools that I had to make a much more pleasing much more salable image, one that made me happy. <\/p>\n<p>After expanding canvas as needed I used a series of transformed Quick Masks (some with Layer masks of course), the Clone Stamp Tool, the Patch Tool, and the Spot Healing Brush to repair, fill in, and touch up. The basics of Quick Masking, Layer Masking for Dummies, and detailed instructions for using the Clone Stamp Tool, the Patch Tool, and the Spot Healing Brush for image clean-up along with my complete digital workflow and dozens of great Photoshop tips are included in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=252\">Digital Basics<\/a>, a PDF that is sent via e-mail. Advanced Quick Masking is covered in detail in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=54\">APTATS I.<\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_3_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>See “Even Better?” immediately below…\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Even Better?<\/h3>\n<p>Dennis Goulet left the following comment: <\/p>\n<p>“I love the image and the capture of the adult and chick both looking at the camera; it would certainly been a shame to discard it. The rebuilding of the nest is very well done, but I find the background to the right of the bird too eye catching. Compared to the rest of the background it has the appearance of being manufactured. I think it\u2019s the numerous parallel lines that catch the eye. Perhaps there are other images available that can supply more complete background to clone into this image.”<\/p>\n<p><em>I responded, “Good catch Dennis; I missed those striations. I did not have any source material so I ran a layer of Viveza with the Structure slider moved all the way to the right and then added some Surface Blur in Photoshop at 3\/7. Then added a Hide-All mask and painted the softening effect on most of the background. Now I have to do back and re-do the master fil. Thanks for your excellent critique.<\/em>” artie<\/p>\n<h3>What Do You Think? <\/h3>\n<p>Take a moment to let us know what you think of the repair job. Would you have deleted the vertical image? Processed it as is? Whatever your choice, please let us know your rationale. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_4_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>NYC Weekend Nature Photography Seminar<\/h3>\n<h2><center> Presented by Denise Ippolito\/<a href=\"http:\/\/deniseippolito.com\/\">A Creative Adventure<\/a> and Arthur Morris\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsasart.com\/\">BIRDS AS ART<\/a><br \/>\nHilton Garden Inn, Staten Island, New York. December 8-9, 2012 from 9am-4:30pm.<br \/>\nWeekend: $169. SAT or SUN: $99. Lodging available for out of town guests.<br \/>\nSaturday: Image Capture Sunday: Image Evaluation and Processing <\/center> <\/h2>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2012\/07\/01\/new-york-city-weekend-nature-photography-seminar-december-8-9-2012\/\">here<\/a> for complete details including the Saturday and Sunday schedules, club and group discount info, and registration incentives and for more info on the In-the-Field Seminar Follow-up Workshop. <\/p>\n<p>Artie, the grizzled veteran, is widely noted as one of the premier bird photographers, tour leaders, and educators on the planet. Denise, who specializes in flowers, is the mega-creative up-and-comer, a popular lecturer, a skilled field instructor, and an amazing Photoshop wizard who will share her tips and tricks with you. Both artie and denise are full time professional nature photographers. <\/p>\n<h3>BIRDS AS ART Instructional Photo-Tours<\/h3>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsasart.com\/include-pages\/ipt-updates\/\">here<\/a> for complete IPT information including the current schedule and links to general IPT info, deposit and cancellation policies. and the required registration and release forms.<\/p>\n<h3>Shop B&H<\/h3>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/images\/affiliateimages\/728x90.jpg\" alt=\"B&H Photo Video Pro Audio\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" border=\"0\" usemap=\"#Map\" \/><\/p>\n<map name=\"Map\" id=\"Map\">\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"530,7,730,84\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"photography\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"10,4,77,87\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Professional-Audio\/ci\/12154\/N\/4294550705\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Pro Audio\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"100,4,189,84\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Computers-Solutions\/ci\/9581\/N\/4294542559\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Computers and Solutions\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"210,10,294,83\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Portable-Entertainment\/ci\/8565\/N\/4294542748\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Portable Entertainment\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"316,13,401,84\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Home-Entertainment\/ci\/4600\/N\/4294544179\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"Home Entertament\" \/>\n<area shape=\"rect\" coords=\"422,7,511,81\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/browse\/Photography\/ci\/989\/N\/4294538916\/bi\/6633\/kbid\/7226\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"photography\" \/>\n<\/map>\n<p><img src = \"https:\/\/affiliates.bhphotovideo.com\/se.asp?e=331&id=7226\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<h2>Shop B&H. Support the BAA Blog. Support the BAA Bulletins. Show your appreciation by making your purchases immediately after clicking on any of the links above or below. We want and need to keep providing you with the latest free information, photography and Photoshop lessons, and all manner of related information. Remember, B&H ain’t just photography!<\/h2>\n<p><\/center> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>“The “EOS-1D X Autofocus Guide” is now available. <\/p>\n<p>See item 1 in BAA Bulletin #420 here. Complete details will be on the blog this weekend. In the Bulletin, see also some of the great images from Denise Ipploito’s MiniMag. 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