Bajadreamer was in California out on a dirt road at dawn looking for Burrowing Owls when a flock of White-faced Ibis started to land nearby. Here’s the shot he shared of the event:
He was unprepared to photograph these birds landing so close – his camera’s exposure and zoom settings were off. As a result he spent quite a lot of time in Photoshop changing the exposure, deleting several Out-of-Focus (OOF) birds and sharpening some that had a “soft” focus (click the pic above to read more about what he did during post-processing to the image).
He doesn’t say exactly how much time he spent on this image – I’m guessing at least 15 minutes. In the end, he said he liked the outcome but asks, “Would you have bothered?” What do you think? Would you have bothered taking the time to correct the flaws in the original image? Write your response in the Comments section of the post or Members can reply to the email.
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