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FREE ACR CONVERSION TIPS EXCERPT ON BPN THREAD
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Swainson's Hawk, captive, Bosque del Apache NWR, San Antonio, NM
Image Copyright 2009: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART
Canon 400mm f/4 IS DO lens with the 1.4 X II TC and the EOS-1D Mark III. ISO 200. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/320 sec. at f/8 set manually. Fill flash at -2 stops with the Better Beamer.
When I opened this image in ACR, the whites showed up as overexposed. They were easily recovered using the Highlight Slider (as detailed in Digital Basics and in the free excerpt on BPN (see immediately below for details and the link).
When photographing captive birds, pay careful attention to the backgrounds. You can often change them simply by taking a step to either side as I did here to take advantage of a beautiful adobe wall.
FREE ACR CONVERSION TIPS EXCERPT ON BPN THREAD
Here is a great BPN learning thread: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?p=398768#post398768. (Northern Shoveler by George Scott.) You can take advantage of the ACR converions excerpt by scrolling down to Pane #8 but you will learn a lot more by reading the entire thread. Do note that the lesson is still in progress.
There are many more great tutorials on recovering overexposed images and saving overexposed REDs and YELLOWs (caused by over-saturation) as follows:
ACR Conversions and More on Saving the Whites: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=39984
Lots of Lessons--Best to Get it Right in the Field!: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=44515
Yellows to Hot???: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=35243
REDucation 2: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=29761
REDucation 1: http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=29869
There are lots of other great threads in the ER as I like to call it. (t is BPN's most under-utilized Forum. And best of all, it is all free even to non-members.
Many of the images that I open in ACR show clipped highlights as above--the red areas. Note that the histogram shows the clipped highlights on the right.
Unless you are dealing with a grossly overexposed image, the highlights are easily recovered by holding down the ALT key and moving the Recovery Slider to the right. You can find detailed instructions by following the first link in the item above. Or by getting your own copy of Digital Basics: https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/category.aspx?catid=32 and follow the link.
BAY SHORE, LONG ISLAND, NY APPEARANCE/TODAY: DECEMBER 8
I will be presenting “Lenses for Nature Photography BIRDS AS ART-Style for the Nature and Wildlife Photographers of Long Island group in Bay Shore on December 8, 2009 at Bay Shore High School. After a short break I will present an optional Photoshop session for those who wish to stay on. For directions click here: http://www.nwpli.com/photo/calendar/#directions. This program is free and open to the public.
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Best and great picture-making,
artie
