tony manttan
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this one just raided the bird feeder and decided to sit on the fence to eat
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Asher Kelman
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Tony,
I'm jealous you have this handsome fellow to shoot. We have little parrot like birds nearby in some palm trees. I'll try to find them. Meanwhile, can you shoot them with a grey card to check for hue. The first one seems to have a partly blue cast while the others are yellow. What color is the bird over its body?
Asher
I'm jealous you have this handsome fellow to shoot. We have little parrot like birds nearby in some palm trees. I'll try to find them. Meanwhile, can you shoot them with a grey card to check for hue. The first one seems to have a partly blue cast while the others are yellow. What color is the bird over its body?
Asher
tony manttan
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it is a white the first was in the morning shade the others full sun just after the clouds parted
Wonderful to have beautiful birds like this just land and ask to be photographed!
The Auto White Balance in many cameras, and definitely with Canon, have a tendency to show a 'cool' or blue tint for images shot in the shade or cloudy conditions, and require adjustment in post processing.
Also, be careful to avoid blowing highlights of white feathers in bright direct sun, which is quite easy to do. Looking at your images, I suspect there is more detail contained there (except for possibly in the final shot), and with some adjustment of tonality, use of the Shadows and Highlights tool, must of that detail may be reclaimed.
The Auto White Balance in many cameras, and definitely with Canon, have a tendency to show a 'cool' or blue tint for images shot in the shade or cloudy conditions, and require adjustment in post processing.
Also, be careful to avoid blowing highlights of white feathers in bright direct sun, which is quite easy to do. Looking at your images, I suspect there is more detail contained there (except for possibly in the final shot), and with some adjustment of tonality, use of the Shadows and Highlights tool, must of that detail may be reclaimed.
Robert Watcher
Well-known member
I agree with the comments above. In this situation, it may be best to use a manual setting for white balance.
I can be very tricky photographing white subjects and maintaining detail - especially when there are larger areas of darker background. The cameras meter will be adversely affected as in this case with the bird, where it is overexposed and then there is not the detail in the feathers.
When using Auto modes like Aperture Priority and Program Priority etc, this would be an ideal time to use the wonderful Exposure Compensation dial. In your situation here - - - next time you encounter a scene like this - by dialing in minus 1 stop or a bit more or a bit less depending on how much the meter is affected - you will have an image that displays the wonderful details in the bird. Your cameras LCD screen is a good way to verify that you have the right amount of exposure on the subject.
Yes - in extreme contrasty scenes, you may still need to use the highlights and shadow recovery tools in Lightroom or Photoshop - - - but it will always provide better results to get the initial exposure correct in camera.
Thanks for posting these birds for us.
I can be very tricky photographing white subjects and maintaining detail - especially when there are larger areas of darker background. The cameras meter will be adversely affected as in this case with the bird, where it is overexposed and then there is not the detail in the feathers.
When using Auto modes like Aperture Priority and Program Priority etc, this would be an ideal time to use the wonderful Exposure Compensation dial. In your situation here - - - next time you encounter a scene like this - by dialing in minus 1 stop or a bit more or a bit less depending on how much the meter is affected - you will have an image that displays the wonderful details in the bird. Your cameras LCD screen is a good way to verify that you have the right amount of exposure on the subject.
Yes - in extreme contrasty scenes, you may still need to use the highlights and shadow recovery tools in Lightroom or Photoshop - - - but it will always provide better results to get the initial exposure correct in camera.
Thanks for posting these birds for us.