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My best today · 01:41 PM

I was watching the squirrels play in my backyard this morning and I have a new bird feeder up and this little guy thought he'd get a snack. Unfortunately for him my new bird feeder is a squirrel-be-gone and holes close up when anything as heavy as a squirrel climbs on the perches.

**Sailor** · 01-14-2010, 04:45 PM

A nice shot of a squirrel in a lush background.

Jer

photolady95 · 01-14-2010, 07:21 PM

Thanks Jer, for the nice comment.

Taff · 01-15-2010, 03:49 AM

good use of DOF

Taff

JMR · 01-15-2010, 06:37 AM

I rather like the lichen and the good separation of the squirrel from the background. I think if you sharpened it a bit, it would be stronger.

JMR

photolady95 · 01-15-2010, 02:45 PM

Thanks for the comments Taff.

JMR every time I try to sharpen a photo it ends up to be too much. Glad you liked the lichen and separation from background.

I have another I'll post in a bit.

Damn Brit · 01-15-2010, 02:48 PM

Originally posted by photolady

JMR every time I try to sharpen a photo it ends up to be too much.

Try viewing at a 100%, sharpen until you see that it's gone too far and then back off a bit.
If you're using Photoshop, try Smart Sharpen.

You caught the squirrel in a nice pose.

photolady95 · 01-15-2010, 02:52 PM

Thanks Gary for the advice and for the nice comment on the pose. I've another I'll try that on.

wllm · 01-15-2010, 03:31 PM

Nice picture, I agree when his a bit more sharpened it's getting stronger.
If your using Photoshop you can also try Unsharp Mask, Amount 80%, Radius 1,5 pixels, Treshold 3 levels after that you must Fade Unsharp Mask, opacity: 100%, mode: luminosity. You can find Fade Unsharp Mask under "Edit".

photolady95 · 01-15-2010, 04:00 PM

Thanks for nice the comment on the photo. And the help with the sharpening advice. I don't normally use Photoshop but I can for the sharpening.

photolady95 · 01-15-2010, 05:38 PM

I applied the settings wllm gave me. Here is the result of those settings.

PentX Girl · 01-16-2010, 08:22 AM

Nice shot of a squirrel with good bokeh

photolady95 · 01-16-2010, 08:44 AM

Thanks for the compliment. I like getting bokeh in my photos and accomplish this 9 times out of 10. Course one has to be careful of the background colors also. Too bright and even bokeh does not look right.

**Rense** · 01-16-2010, 12:33 PM

Great shot, especially the second version. Well done!!

photolady95 · 01-16-2010, 05:51 PM

Thanks much Rense!

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Damn Brit Guest	Originally posted by photolady JMR every time I try to sharpen a photo it ends up to be too much. Try viewing at a 100%, sharpen until you see that it's gone too far and then back off a bit. If you're using Photoshop, try Smart Sharpen. You caught the squirrel in a nice pose.

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photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712 Original Poster	Thanks Gary for the advice and for the nice comment on the pose. I've another I'll try that on.

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wllm Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 710	Nice picture, I agree when his a bit more sharpened it's getting stronger. If your using Photoshop you can also try Unsharp Mask, Amount 80%, Radius 1,5 pixels, Treshold 3 levels after that you must Fade Unsharp Mask, opacity: 100%, mode: luminosity. You can find Fade Unsharp Mask under "Edit".

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photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712 Original Poster	Thanks for nice the comment on the photo. And the help with the sharpening advice. I don't normally use Photoshop but I can for the sharpening.

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photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712 Original Poster	I applied the settings wllm gave me. Here is the result of those settings.

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photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712 Original Poster	Thanks for the compliment. I like getting bokeh in my photos and accomplish this 9 times out of 10. Course one has to be careful of the background colors also. Too bright and even bokeh does not look right.

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Rense Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Zetten - The Netherlands Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,050	Great shot, especially the second version. Well done!!

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photolady95 Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cruising the forum watching his back Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,712 Original Poster	Thanks much Rense!