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Subject: [Leica] IMG: The cardinal redone
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat Apr 19 08:25:46 2008
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On Apr 19, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Leonard Taupier wrote:

> Very true, Steve. I actually need to only show the yellow eyebrows  
> down to the white throat.


true...


the paradox is that when one gets the ultimate, perfect image, even  
without photoshop, it is so atypical...

that in a real sense (by definition)  the bird is out of its habitat.

Steve


>
>
> Len
>
>
> On Apr 19, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>>
>> On Apr 19, 2008, at 7:46 AM, Leonard Taupier wrote:
>>
>>> Here is an example of a bird I have only seen in dense brush, and  
>>> rare at that. I would not remove the tangled brush as it would  
>>> change it's habitat. I watched this bird for 15 minutes and it  
>>> never came out of the brush, just flew from one bush to another.  
>>> It's a White Throated Sparrow.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2uydoz
>>
>>
>> if you wanted to use Photoshop to truly serve the bird...you would  
>> add dense brush, to make the bird less visible.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Len
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 19, 2008, at 10:29 AM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Doug!  What kind of Photoshopping are we talking about here   
>>>>> which distorts
>>>>> the truth of the bird and its habitat?
>>>>
>>>> If image editing removes the clutter of dense brush so that the  
>>>> bird appears to be in the open it's been moved from one habitat  
>>>> to another.  Some birds will never be seen away from dense brush,  
>>>> some are typically open-country birds and would not be found in  
>>>> dense brush.  In the case of the Cardinal, as Len explained, the  
>>>> bird may be found in either dense brush or singing in the open.
>>>>
>>>> Doug Herr
>>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>> best, Steve
>>
>>
>> "I never wanted to be famous"
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>>
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best, Steve


"I never wanted to be famous"
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