{"id":31755,"date":"2015-11-07T17:13:09","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T00:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=31755"},"modified":"2015-11-07T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T00:13:09","slug":"western-kingbird-to-clone-or-not-to-clone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/07\/western-kingbird-to-clone-or-not-to-clone\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Kingbird – To Clone Or Not To Clone"},"content":{"rendered":"

In previous posts I’ve often mentioned that I dislike significant cloning. There are times when I do it, though reluctantly, and when I do I always disclose what I’ve done. This image tempted me so I decided to post two versions of it and ask for some feedback from my readers on whether or not they think it was improved by the cloning. Or not.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/5.6, ISO 1600, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed this Western Kingbird this past summer on Antelope Island as it took off from a sign post in the direction of its nest. I like the overall monotone colors of the image, the flight posture and the even light on the bird that resulted from the diffused light of a somewhat cloudy morning but I’m ambivalent about the post at lower right that the kingbird took off from.<\/p>\n

Regular readers know that I prefer to not have “the hand of man” in my images and that sign post reeks of humanity. On the other hand the bird has obviously just taken off (as is strongly suggested by the position of its legs) so my eye would look for the perch if it wasn’t there.<\/p>\n

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So I decided to clone out the perch and ask for\u00a0opinions – do you think the sign post should be cloned out or not? From a previous post on this subject I believe that many of my readers are less bothered by unnatural elements in bird images than I am but each image is different and opinions may be also.<\/p>\n

Thanks for any feedback.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Note:<\/em> For those interested (and I know that many of you are) I’m still in Florida and Shannon’s medical situation continues to be quite\u00a0precarious though she has shown enough improvement in some areas to be moved out of neurological ICU. I have mixed feelings about that as I suspect some of you will understand.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Another note: While in Florida I’m working from a laptop and I suspect my cloning job isn’t the best but on this monitor I’m limited by what I can see. I know – excuses, excuses…<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In previous posts I’ve often mentioned that I dislike significant cloning.<\/p>\n

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