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The Acrobat An agile Dunnock appears in the garden singing beautifully to make up for its somewhat dull appearance. Birds,Dunnock,Garden,Prunella modularis Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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An agile Dunnock appears in the garden singing beautifully to make up for its somewhat dull appearance.

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    Nice background! Post processing? Posted 13 years ago
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      Thanks. Yes, its post-processed. The head isn't sharp and a change in lighting distracts from that. Furthermore, there was an unsharp twig in the foreground, crossing the tail of the bird. Removed that one with Photoshop's awesome content-aware fill feature. Posted 13 years ago
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    Hmm, I never use the latter, is it in CS4, could you spare me a handful of words as to describe how? You could have fooled me, at first sight I don't see anything having crossed the tail, impressive! Posted 13 years ago
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      I think it's in CS5 only. How to describe it? Simple: you select an element in a photo that you would like to see removed. You don't have to select it pixel precise, I just use a lasso tool and make a rough selection around it. Then you hit [DEL], select "content-aware" and hit OK. Photoshop will then reconstruct what it thinks should be behind the element you just deleted. It doesn't work perfectly in all cases, but for things that stand out from its background, its awesome.

      In CS6 (soon to be released) you can even do content-aware moving:

       Posted 13 years ago
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    Wow! I am working in Lightroom most om the time, but that does sound interesting! I'll see what room my Photoshop licence has on that part. Thanks for explaining. I'll watch the movie link after the egg hunt, easter bunny is in our little village. Cu later! Posted 13 years ago, modified 13 years ago

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The Dunnock

The dunnock is a small passerine, or perching bird, found throughout temperate Europe and into Asian Russia. Dunnocks have also been successfully introduced into New Zealand. It is by far the most widespread member of the accentor family, which otherwise consists of mountain species. Other common names of the dunnock include the hedge accentor, hedge sparrow, or hedge warbler.

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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/6.3
  • 1/500s
  • ISO125
  • 500mm