On my first trip to the Southern Oceans in 2007, I ordered a pair of Arctic Pro Muck Boots on the advice of many. Note especially the detail on the back that was there the whole time and revealed with the judicious use of Detail Extractor. The animated GIF above clearly shows the improvements that were made in the repost. You can download a trial copy that will work for 15 days and allow you to create full sized images. You can save 15% on all NIK products (including Color Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, and Viveza) by clicking here and entering BAA in the Promo Code box at check-out. As regular readers know, Color Efex Pro has drastically changed my digital workflow and lately I have begun using Viveza to solve sticky image optimization problems. This PDF which is sent via e-mail will be the best $25 that you ever spent on photography.Īfter the color balance was corrected, the judicious use of Detail Extractor on the toucan image here was the key to improving the photograph. You can see it in Pane #5 here.įor the repost I corrected the huge green cast with (about) a 75% average blur color balance, ran NIK Color Efex Pro Detail Extractor (at about 40% with a Quick Selection Tool selection) and Tonal Contrast (at about 33% via a Hide All Mask) on the bird only, did a bit of bill clean-up, lightened the face with a Tim Grey Dodge and Burn, and sharpened the face with a Quick Mask and a 15/65/0 Contrast Mask.Īll of the above as described in detail in Digital Basics which includes my complete digital workflow, dozens of great Photoshop tips, all of my keyboard shortcuts, “Layer Masking for Dummies,” and NIK Color Efex Pro basics. In addition, a minimum of ISO 400 or even ISO 800 would have given you some valuable depth of field. Subtracting light in this situation seems to be an error zero or even some plus compensation would have pushed the histogram to the right where it should have been. There seems to have been some foliage between you and the bird’s tail and the face could have been a tad sharper–you may have focused on the toucan’s back. I love the pose and the bird and perch and the background. Welcome Vikram, This is actually a fine image that needed better processing and some tender loving care. The following is adapted from my comments: It is published here with his permission. It was created by BPN member Vikram Potdar of Pune, Maharashtra, India. I came across the image above here in the Avian forum on the evening of December 24th. Having been home only six days since October 16 and having been swamped with travel, teaching, photography, image optimization, and writing (as in the blog and the Bulletins) it has been great to have had a bit more time to be active on BPN (Bird Photographer’s.Net) lately. Image courtesy of and copyright 2012: Vikram Potdar. They inhabit a wide variety of terrestrial and surface marine environments, and exhibit considerable variation in behaviors and diets.This Chestnut-mandibled Toucan image was created by BPN member Vikram Potdar with the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR AF lens and the Nikon D-700 replaced by the Nikon D800 Digital SLR camera body (w/FREE Bonus Item – $191.60 Value! !). Birds first appeared in the Triassic or Jurassic, depending on which avian paleontologist you ask. However, birds are evolutionarily derived from theropod dinosaurs. The logic & rationale that some use to justify statements such as “birds are dinosaurs” is the same logic & rationale that results in saying “vertebrates are echinoderms”. Many scientists characterize birds as dinosaurs, but this is consequence of the physical structure of evolutionary diagrams. Most species are not sexually dimorphic in body shape, body size, plumage or bill coloration These birds are principally frugivores (fruit eaters).Ĭlassification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Aves, Piciformes, Ramphastidaeīirds are small to large, warm-blooded, egg-laying, feathered, bipedal vertebrates capable of powered flight (although some are secondarily flightless). Toucan bills are brightly colored, very lightweight, strong, and have serrated biting edges. The toucans are an odd group of New World tropical to subtropical birds having enormous bills, relative to body size. Ramphastos swainsonii Gould, 1833 - chestnut-mandibled toucan (mount, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA). Ramphastos swainsonii (chestnut-mandibled toucan)
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