biiiirdie

These pics were taken on Sunday, March 22nd, when my dear friend and photographic partner in crime headed to the Nisqually Nature Preserve near Olympia. I notice the area everytime I drive through the area, and *almost* pulled over to investigate in January on a return trip from a work event in Oly. So, when an invitation came my way to go on a photo shoot here, well, I couldn't resist.

I had processed my pictures soon after I took them using Elements, but then a pinky pop helped me download the Nikon software. My processing world changed.

Since this blog is intended to show my progress, I have included the photoshop'd editions and the View NX edition. To my eyes, the photoshoped set are better compositionally, while the View NX set are better technically. I want to get these pics posted, but down the road I *might* rework the view nx set in photoshop to further refine the pics.

Heron
The first pic was processed in elements, the bottom one in view nx. I remembered the lessons in the A. Wizzl book when I composed this shot.



SPRING! the botanical series
Besides birding, my mission for the day was to capture spring. It ended up being a pretty darn easy mission. The set below is the photoshop'd version.

oooooo con queso! And now, we have the Nikon View NX set. I haven't cropped in or "healed" the dust from my sensor, but I think these are still pretty easy on the eyes.

And that wraps up our stinkin almost six stinkin miles around the nature preserve. I am not complaining about the distance; only that we had to kind of rush through it. I had plans that evening and needed to be back up in Bothell in the early evening. Unfortunately, through a mystery I still do not understand, my plans fell through. It would have been nice to stroll a bit more leisurely at the end & catch a bit of magic hour. I am so thankful that I was able to go on this adventure, thankful for my ever trusty tour guide/mentor and the kind use of a 70-300mm lens!