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  1. Saphire

    Tree Sparrow

    Hi Imans66. The first photo is the original no editing apart from crop, the sky was completely blown out. The last edit has a graduated fill layer added in photoshop to give the blue. I did lighten the shadows a tiny bit, any more than that and noise starts to creep in so stopped there.
  2. Saphire

    Tree Sparrow

    Bird-Nut thank you for your help and suggestions. I do only ever use spot metering I haven't been able to work with any other modes. I think it was the angle, the low harsh sun and was to much for the metering to handle. I will just have to wait and see if there are anymore youngsters around in...
  3. Saphire

    Tree Sparrow

    Nice one Bird-Nut, I was a bit gutted I couldn't get a decent shot it was sitting on the branch and not bothered about me being there. I did a lot of histogram checking trying to get the right exposer. I couldn't take it from a different angle without lots of leaves and branches in the way so...
  4. Saphire

    Tree Sparrow

    Do you think this works No1 is the original with very blown highlights and background. Which is the better edit No2 or No3 or should I scrap it.
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