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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Ann on March 03, 2024, 23:09:12

Title: Good Hair Day
Post by: Ann on March 03, 2024, 23:09:12

(https://nikongear.net/revival/gallery/0/1358-030324225901.jpeg)

Unfortunately the population of Great Curassows (a large bird found in Central America) is declining — partly because they are very good to eat.

Title: Re: Good Hair Day
Post by: Akira on March 04, 2024, 01:22:15

Pleas let us know the beauty salon she went.   ;D

Title: Re: Good Hair Day
Post by: Ann on March 04, 2024, 03:13:10

I am afraid that she scurried off before she could give me the name of her hairdresser.
 :(

Title: Re: Good Hair Day
Post by: Snoogly on March 04, 2024, 04:04:11

The title spooked me out a little, as last night I had two different (vivid) dreams about my hair turning orange, along with two very different extrovert hair styles. Madness!

I woke (for the second time) in a cold sweat, and actually had to check in a mirror when I went for a pee. Then I was fine until I saw your thread title …. It all came back to me …  :-\ :-\ :-\

Did you take the pic? How did you get the background so black?

Title: Re: Good Hair Day
Post by: Ann on March 04, 2024, 04:35:33

I am happy to hear that you awoke to find that your hair had not turned orange!

Yes I took the photograph in northern Costa Rica (close to the Nicaragua border).
I used my Nikon 300mm PF with a 1.4X extender on it for a total 500mm focal length.
I also used fill-in flash.

The original had a rather messy background but Adobe Camera Raw now lets us make Masks and then we can then treat different parts of the image separately.
I made separate Masks for the bird and for the background in ACR; and then darkened the background significantly.

Title: Re: Good Hair Day
Post by: Akira on March 04, 2024, 08:02:08

Quote from: Ann on March 04, 2024, 03:13:10

I am afraid that she scurried off before she could give me the name of her hairdresser.
 :(

Oh, no, that is too bad, Ann...  :'(

Title: Re: Good Hair Day
Post by: Ann on March 06, 2024, 06:41:22

This is the owner of the hair-do:

(https://nikongear.net/revival/gallery/0/1358-060324063943.jpeg)

Title: Re: Good Hair Day
Post by: Bruno Schroder on March 06, 2024, 10:20:55

That's a very elaborated dandy version of a mohawk ...

Title: Re: Good Hair Day
Post by: armando_m on March 08, 2024, 05:58:37

Beautiful bird, and great photos