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Default My little bird, Jet

Okay, Im trying again. I got such great, helpful comments and advice on my last post, I thought I'd try one of my little birdie, Jet. How can I make this photo more appealing? thanks!



ISO 800
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f5.6
105mm
flash fired

I was disappointed to discover in my experimenting, that I cannot seem to upload a RAW file to my computer, or to my Photoshop Elements 5. Guess I will stick with JPEG for now, since I have so much else to learn, but eventually, I guess I will need a newer version of Photoshop to be able to edit RAW images?

Thanks in advance for any comments or advice....much appreciated!
Judi
PS...I am learning SO much already! I just discovered by reading old posts on this site, the importance of using the lens hood. I had never used it before, but did for this shot above, and will for all my shots from now on. Thanks!


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I think it's pretty appealing already. Sweet bird.

You might try a dark vignette to de-emphasize the background a little.

You should have gotten some software with your camera for raw files?
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Default Re: My little bird, Jet

Thank you! Not sure what a vignette is? Or how to do one? Sorry...Im SUCH a beginner....

I got the camera used so it didnt come with any software.

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I bet you could do a search here and find some info/tutorials on vignetting. I gotta get to work but pm me if you didn't and I'll walk you through it later.
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Okay, cool. Thank you!
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