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Common Grackle
A bird I have never seen on my DIY perch and even a new shooting position, as this one was taken while I was outdoors as opposed from within my office.
Light was quite harsh, certainly not ideal but it sure made for the iridescence to show up very well. Everyone knows that I like saturation in my images, but honestly I have not added any at all, at least not to the bird. I did select the bird and then reversed the selection in order to tone down the brightness of the background and the perch, and I gave a bit of a saturation boost to make up for what was lost in their overexposure. This guy was indeed very bright, shiny and colourful.
I managed to get a number of different poses outdoors and even went inside and was able to get a few different shots. I decided on this one to post because of its pose and how all of its long tail is showing. Not a bird I have seen many times. I am so happy that I had noticed it and was able to get a number of captures.
Common Grackle
A bird I have never seen on my DIY perch and even a new shooting position, as this one was taken while I was outdoors as opposed from within my office.
Light was quite harsh, certainly not ideal but it sure made for the iridescence to show up very well. Everyone knows that I like saturation in my images, but honestly I have not added any at all, at least not to the bird. I did select the bird and then reversed the selection in order to tone down the brightness of the background and the perch, and I gave a bit of a saturation boost to make up for what was lost in their overexposure. This guy was indeed very bright, shiny and colourful.
I managed to get a number of different poses outdoors and even went inside and was able to get a few different shots. I decided on this one to post because of its pose and how all of its long tail is showing. Not a bird I have seen many times. I am so happy that I had noticed it and was able to get a number of captures.