{"id":12865,"date":"2012-12-28T11:20:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T15:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=12865"},"modified":"2012-12-31T13:07:35","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T17:07:35","slug":"chestnut-mandibled-toucan-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2012\/12\/28\/chestnut-mandibled-toucan-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This Chestnut-mandibled Toucan image was created by BPN member Vikram Potdar with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/520646-USA\/Nikon_2173_AF_S_NIKKOR_600mm_f_4G.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/NI6004GEDVR\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xNI6004GEDVR\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f\/4G ED VR AF lens<\/a> and the Nikon D-700 replaced by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/842926-REG\/Nikon_25480_D800_Digital_SLR_Camera.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/NID800\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xNID800\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon D800 Digital SLR camera body (w\/FREE Bonus Item &#8211; $191.60 Value! [expires soon]!)<\/a>. ISO 200.  Ev -.3: 1\/250 sec. at f\/4.  White balance: Fine Weather. <\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy of and copyright 2012: Vikram Potdar.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"468\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"60\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/mer54715.datafeedfile.com\/widget\/aff_widget_prdt_generate-2.0.php?aff_num=7226&#038;aff_net=1&#038;size=468x60&#038;mode=m&#038;bucket_num=3100&#038;link_target=y\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Magic<\/h3>\n<p>Having been home only six days since October 16 and having been swamped with travel, teaching, photography, image optimization, and writing (as in the blog and the Bulletins) it has been great to have had a bit more time to be active on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdphotographers.net\/forums\/content.php\">BPN <\/a>(Bird Photographer&#8217;s.Net) lately.  I came across the image above <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdphotographers.net\/forums\/showthread.php\/106027-Chestnut-mandibled-Toucan?p=868203#post868203\">here<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdphotographers.net\/forums\/forumdisplay.php\/2-Avian\">Avian forum<\/a> on the evening of December 24th. <\/p>\n<p>It was created by BPN member Vikram Potdar of Pune, Maharashtra, India.  It is published here with his permission. <\/p>\n<p>The following is adapted from my comments: <\/p>\n<p>Welcome Vikram, This is actually a fine image that needed better processing and some tender loving care. I love the pose and the bird and perch and the background. There seems to have been some foliage between you and the bird&#8217;s tail and the face could have been a tad sharper&#8211;you may have focused on the toucan&#8217;s back. Subtracting light in this situation seems to be an error; zero or even some plus compensation would have pushed the histogram to the right where it should have been.  In addition, a minimum of ISO 400 or even ISO 800 would have given you some valuable depth of field.  <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This is my repost.  You can see it in Pane #5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdphotographers.net\/forums\/showthread.php\/106027-Chestnut-mandibled-Toucan?p=868221#post868221\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>For the repost I corrected the huge green cast with (about) a 75% average blur color balance, ran NIK Color Efex Pro Detail Extractor (at about 40% with a Quick Selection Tool selection) and Tonal Contrast (at about 33% via a Hide All Mask) on the bird only, did a bit of bill clean-up, lightened the face with a Tim Grey Dodge and Burn, and sharpened the face with a Quick Mask and a 15\/65\/0 Contrast Mask. <\/p>\n<p>All of the above as described in detail in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.birdsasart.com\/shop\/item.aspx?itemid=252\">Digital Basics<\/a> which includes my complete digital workflow, dozens of great Photoshop tips, all of my keyboard shortcuts, &#8220;Layer Masking for Dummies,&#8221; and NIK Color Efex Pro basics.  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