I was bored playing with my camera in the garden, just by chance I looked up.
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BTW one of the birds is faked due to compositional considerations. Can you see which one?
My guess would be the rear bird. I think I see a hint of clone smudging behing his lower wing (that doesn't necessarily mean faked of course). I think he is a copy of the second bird from the left.
Could be the other way around as well, I suppose...
Love the formation, cloned or not
Keen as always, Toad!
It's actually the other way round, I copied the left bird in as there was too big a gap between him and the first two birds. I thought I could disguise this by cloning the feet of the foremost bird into the copy.
The smudging comes from expanding the picture to the left and right - it was not so visible in the original size. It's a pity, really, they were too fast. I couldn't get a decent composition before they went out of sight behind the house.
Yes - I noticed that the feet were different - and even noticed that the cloned bird's feet were the same as the lead bird - but the smudging mislead me away from the obvious conclusion.
Hint for faking this sort of thing in the future - the reason I could limit it to the 2 rear birds in the first place is the identical light highlight on the body under and behind the wing.
I love doing this sort of manipulation - although many find it devious...
I like the change in compisition. Who cares about cloning. It's legal when done in photoshop.
Heheh nice one G! Love the composition and cloning...
Nice adjustment, switching out the feet really had me fooled.