Starlight Star Bright

Yeh! I know... It's a bird, but hank in here with me.

First I would like to make a disclaimer. I am not a hunter, nor do I object to those that choose to do so. Now I am cool with everyone of have offended all. Get over it! I am just having a little fun here.

Last month when we were over in Chicago at the Brookfield Zoo, we went into the Penguin exhibit. First off the smell was maxing out the stink-o-meter, it was nasty. The penguins were... Not exactly spontaneous in their activities. Must be a union thing. These little buggers (below) on the other hand were just flying all over the place. It was really too close to get a good inflight shot as by the time you got the camera pointed at them they had already arrived at their destination. Once they landed though they were just fine with a nice pose for the camera.

Tonight I was looking over these shots in Lightroom and I just had to have a little fun with the settings that Lightroom offers. You will see what I mean in just a sec. SOOO... one thing lead to another and all of a sudden I am in PS tweaking the image and adding this and that to it. Removing this background and adding this line and that line. So what I came up with is shown below.

No, it is not a black square. It represents the dark of night with no moon what soever. The bird is there but just near impossible to see. That is when the dash 5 Starlight Scope comes in handy.

Below is a rendition of a site picture and not an actual image of a scope sight. What it is though, it demonstrates the weirdness we can get with just Lightroom adjustments. Short of the circle and sight lines, al the adjustment were in Lightroom. Kinda cool Hu?

Remember: NO ACTUAL FOWL WERE INJURED IN THE MAKING OF THIS BLOG POST.

Take care all... Doug