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Behrfeet — Salmon Lover
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Published: 2010-10-02 01:38:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 727; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 0
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These Ospreys are always on the lookout for a yummy Salmon to munch on
More nature shots here .... [link]
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Wow this is so totally impressive looking. I like this shot against the white background
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The sky was perfect that day! Thin high back lit sort of fog!
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where in BC was the bird shot? and was the background removed?
ty
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It was at the Balfour Bay Ferry dock. No ... it was just a really foggy grey day and the Osprey was back lit so with the way it was exposed and with having to brighten up the bird in editing, the background appears white. Why do you ask?
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i live in the lowermainland and dabble in ps cs6.
Peace and ty
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oh ok ...... I took this shot at the same location but this Osprey was on the opposite side of the dock and so had some sidelight and over there you can see the fog in the background starting to break up a bit ..... [link]
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I love the eye color you captured on this chap.
Brilliant!
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thanks .... they do have some wicked cool eyes for sure .. :]
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Brilliant eye. Crazy colour, it'd be awesome if people could have red eyes like that.
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I used to see Ospreys feeding thier babies in thier huge nests at my favorite camp in the Adirondack Mountains, but over the past 10 years their numbers have decresed and they've disapeared. So wonderful that you have them where you are! What a beautiful shot, amazing clarity!
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not exactly right here .... I took this on a holiday out in BC last month .... I wish they were around here .... they are pretty cool!
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This is an amazing photo! You said you had to work with it to get it looking this great. I'd really be interested in seeing the original as the one you've posted here doesn't looked worked at all! Nicely done!
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I had to open my big mouth eh? Oh well .... maybe I will post a side by side comparison .. I dunno
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No biggie. It just looks so awesome as is, it made me curious...no pressure.
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My sister rubies52 said I should check out your gallery and WoWIE I am muchly im-press-ed 
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tanks bunches! R U the seestar in Prince George?
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You B very welcome 
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ah ..... so you are one of the Twisted Sisters then? My Ma has lived out in BC for eons so I visit there a lot. I've thought about moving there one day but can't afford it anymore. :[
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I am THE Twisted Stister 
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aaaaaaahhhhh .... ic
oh well .. it is what it is ... not like I am homeless or sumptin
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As long as you can find the smiles in a day and have a place to hang your hat it is alllll good I figure
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I don't wear a hat ... the wind keeps spinning it around on my pointed head
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Wow! It is such a magnificent bird
I looooove its feathers
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no kidding ... nasty beak and wicked talons ... I sure wouldn't want to get on his bad side
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Wow! Look at it's eye~ That's amazing, it's eyesight must be.... fantastic.
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you like? I'll let ya in on a little inside info ... it had just stopped raining and was totally overcast with heavy cloud cover so there was NO LIGHT ... add that to the fact he was back lit so I had to start with a very poor image. So as you can probably figure out by now I had to work this image pretty hard to get it to look as good as it does. So don't feel bad if you need to brighten up a shot or two ... I had to do a LOT more than that with this one .... it's all part of the process
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Wow! How long did it take you to make it look like this, then?
I've been meaning to ask you, what editing program do you use?
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well ... maybe about 30 mins ... unless you count all the years watching videos and constant experimenting in order to know what to do then like 5 years
I shoot mostly RAW now and edit with PS CS4 along with a few plugins for noise and stuff :]
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It usually takes me about that long to seriously edit one of my pictures, too. But I use Picnik, I dunno if you've heard of it. You have to pay for EVERYTHING on it now (angry face) but there are some cool (free) features.
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nope ... never heard of it. I had a quick look at it and it looks pretty basic. Sucks that PS is so freaking expensive but there is a free alternative that has a lot of the same functionality. Check out GIMP ..... [link] ...... it might be what will get you on the road to do what you want with your shots. Its not as good as PS but it's free so you can't complain about that. And I just checked on Youtube and there are a ton of video tutorials to show you how to use a lot of the stuff. Without some sort of training you will be lost .. well ... you are a kid so maybe not ... lol ... but I was and everyone I try to show stuff to is 
It allows you to use layers .... A HUGE help ... and has Levels and Curves just like PS. Learn how to use them and the knowledge will transfer over when you get the chance to afford PS
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Yeah, I've heard of GIMP :3 I'd love to use it, but there's strictly NO downloading aloud of this computer D<
Picnick (or however it's spelt) has tones of awesome features for an online editor, though.
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that's REALLY impressive that you are careful and don't risk screwing up your computer. That's a great strategy! I'm the same way. Although it isn't so much about what you download but where you download it from. Most of the software I buy I download ... you know what I mean? And this one of safe ones so maybe if your Ma checked it out she might allow you to get it and start using it?
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