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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 3, 2008 21:46:48 GMT
Hehe..... nice first animation, Neon! Some animation tips: 1. When stacking layers with similar plain BG in PS for animation later, erase the BG in all layers, but create a subjectless bottom layer which will serve as BG. This bottom layer will always be visible in the animation. This prevents the appearance of a varying BG. You can erase the blue sky using the magic wand. 2. Choose an appropriate alignment point. This is the point where no movement will occur. For side shots, I normally choose the center of the body for long-legged birds or the feet for short-legged ones. That leaves the wings free to flap, and allows the rest of the body some freedom of movement. 3. Try to use smaller sizes (say 400 x 300 pixels maximum), so slower computers will be able to keep the refresh rate going, and as such render the motion smoother. Enjoy animating your BIFs.... it's amazing how a sense of motion can be conveyed with just a few frames: 4 frames, 20D + 400 5.6L: I think it's quite late for this Motif but I've been busy learning how I could get the bird to fly like Master Romy. Finally got this Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) to fly. Here's an animated BIF Taken last Saturday after several cans of Red Horse - 5 frames, 40D + 300 4.0L + 1.4x Kenko TC, hand held: Cheers, Neon
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 3, 2008 23:23:02 GMT
Hehe..... nice first animation, Neon! Some animation tips: 1. When stacking layers with similar plain BG in PS for animation later, erase the BG in all layers, but create a subjectless bottom layer which will serve as BG. This bottom layer will always be visible in the animation. This prevents the appearance of a varying BG. You can erase the blue sky using the magic wand. 2. Choose an appropriate alignment point. This is the point where no movement will occur. For side shots, I normally choose the center of the body for long-legged birds or the feet for short-legged ones. That leaves the wings free to flap, and allows the rest of the body some freedom of movement. 3. Try to use smaller sizes (say 400 x 300 pixels maximum), so slower computers will be able to keep the refresh rate going, and as such render the motion smoother. Enjoy animating your BIFs.... it's amazing how a sense of motion can be conveyed with just a few frames: Ok Got it!! Thanks a lot Master Romy!! . Here's an animated BIF Taken last Saturday - 5 frames, 40D + 300 4.0L + 1.4x Kenko TC, hand held: Cheers, Neon
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Post by Ed Matuod on Feb 4, 2008 0:04:46 GMT
....and here's mine, a mallard, taken with a 30D+100-400mm IS, hand held an american kestrel, same equipment and set-up a magpie, s.e. and s-u, a bald eagle, pp'd by romy ocon, a cormorant, along the bow river, same equipment and same set-up an osprey, clutching a rainbow trout, along the bow river. this one's got two motif: BIF and with meal an egret, in an early morn', and a gull just about to fly,
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 5, 2008 3:49:03 GMT
Nice shots Ed!! If you don't mind, I'll submit another one. Elegant Tit ( Pardaliparus elegans) taken February 3, 2008 at Antipolo. 40D + 300 4.0L + 1.4x Kenko TC, f5.6, 1/800 sec, ISO 500, hand held: Cheers, Neon
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Post by mantarey on Feb 5, 2008 13:03:27 GMT
Wow Neon, that is one difficult shot. Great timing. The Elegant Tit is so hard to capture let alone catch it in the air. Big congrats to you mein
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 5, 2008 13:12:08 GMT
Wow Neon, that is one difficult shot. Great timing. The Elegant Tit is so hard to capture let alone catch it in the air. Big congrats to you mein Thanks Rey!! Yes, the Elegant Tit is really tough to shoot! Again, luck (right place and time) played a big part with this capture. Cheers, Neon
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Post by Romy Ocon on Feb 6, 2008 1:06:30 GMT
Wow.... great timing on this one, Neon.... probably the first photo of the ET in flight I've seen! Nice shots, Ed! If you don't mind, I'll submit another one. Elegant Tit ( Pardaliparus elegans) taken February 3, 2008 at Antipolo. 40D + 300 4.0L + 1.4x Kenko TC, f5.6, 1/800 sec, ISO 500, hand held: Cheers, Neon
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