Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

Monday Mugs (late). Portraits of Popcorn!

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You caught a beautiful blue sheen in Eli’s feathers here! What great intense expressions they both have too!

You asked about getting the green sheen in photos, and I haven’t heard anyone chime in yet, and I can't find tips easily in searching online, so here’s the little I know.

I believe the greens and reds kind of go together, they are warm colors, and are opposite of the blues. I don’t know the physics but it works out that way. Outdoor light skews very blue due to the effect of water which filters for blue (thus our blue sky and blue ice, blue snow, etc). The more outdoor light gathered in the shot, the bluer it tends to be.

The software in your camera / phone / iPad is more important than the lens(es) these days since hardware quality has improved so much. My practical approach is to try to work with whatever “smarts” the camera is trying to implement, which might mean outfoxing it if you’re at odds with it.

So if there’s lots of browns, reds and greens in the shot, it tends to go warmer overall and enhance those colors. When it detects lots of blue and blue light it goes bluer and colder and enhances those colors. So a close-up picture of the Buckeyes is warmer than a further-away one. Notice the first mugshot of Popcorn above skews a little blue, versus the next one, which skews more green-red. The second is a downward, close shot and has green and shaded snow in the background. Cloudy days are great for getting nice feather details with the Buckeyes brown-red coloring. In fact, the prettiest shots are when they are in the shade under green leaves.

If you experiment I'd be interested in what you find out.

I should have reacted with the ‘Informative’ emoji but I love the pictures of your girls, so it gets a heart.
But it is very interesting.
In life the green looks most striking in bright sunshine, but that may not be the best way to photograph it.
I will definitely experiment. Close up, shade, sun etc.
I do catch the green but it is somehow nowhere near as brilliant as it is in real life.
There is a wildlife photography thread on BYC and I could ask them - but they are serious photographers with fancy cameras not a snap happy phone person like me!

 

[bgmathteach]

Monday Mugs (late). Portraits of Popcorn!

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You caught a beautiful blue sheen in Eli’s feathers here! What great intense expressions they both have too!

You asked about getting the green sheen in photos, and I haven’t heard anyone chime in yet, and I can't find tips easily in searching online, so here’s the little I know.

I believe the greens and reds kind of go together, they are warm colors, and are opposite of the blues. I don’t know the physics but it works out that way. Outdoor light skews very blue due to the effect of water which filters for blue (thus our blue sky and blue ice, blue snow, etc). The more outdoor light gathered in the shot, the bluer it tends to be.

The software in your camera / phone / iPad is more important than the lens(es) these days since hardware quality has improved so much. My practical approach is to try to work with whatever “smarts” the camera is trying to implement, which might mean outfoxing it if you’re at odds with it.

So if there’s lots of browns, reds and greens in the shot, it tends to go warmer overall and enhance those colors. When it detects lots of blue and blue light it goes bluer and colder and enhances those colors. So a close-up picture of the Buckeyes is warmer than a further-away one. Notice the first mugshot of Popcorn above skews a little blue, versus the next one, which skews more green-red. The second is a downward, close shot and has green and shaded snow in the background. Cloudy days are great for getting nice feather details with the Buckeyes brown-red coloring. In fact, the prettiest shots are when they are in the shade under green leaves.

If you experiment I'd be interested in what you find out.

I'm not a photographer by any means (my pictures confirm that!) And I don't know a lot about technology in general, and photo shopping even less in particular. However, green and Blue are much closer in wavelength than green and red.

If you remember the old acronym "Roy G BIV" from way back in middle school science (if your schools covered it?...so 40++++ years ago for me), it stands for light wavelengths in their respective wavelength order: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. That said, I don't know if their are filters or such that automatically adjust the photo colors (like making a photo 'sepia' adjusts the tone)

 

[RoyalChick]

I'm not a photographer by any means (my pictures confirm that!) And I don't know a lot about technology in general, and photo shopping even less in particular. However, green and Blue are much closer in wavelength than green and red.

If you remember the old acronym "Roy G BIV" from way back in middle school science (if your schools covered it?...so 40++++ years ago for me), it stands for light wavelengths in their respective wavelength order: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. That said, I don't know if their are filters or such that automatically adjust the photo colors (like making a photo 'sepia' adjusts the tone)

I can also play with post picture stuff like warmth and exposure which mysteriously to me are adjustable after the fact on these phones.

 

[bgmathteach]

I never noticed before she has pink legs, is that a polish trait? Mr P has black legs ??

I bet there was some breeding to Cuckoo Marans for the barring, which might explain the white legs?

Great, now I am going to have to look up Polish Barred Frizzle and see what went into making it. Thanks a lot for pointing this out, @Ponypoor !

 

[bgmathteach]

A Happy Phyllis
Sleeping alone. The whole roost to herself. Just how she likes it.

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You took the wire divider out!
No wonder why she is the only one in there!

 

[bgmathteach]

Phyllis also has pink (with a little grey) legs.
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Gucci's were more grey than pink.
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They both have white skin (as opposed to yellow), so they look 'pink', and have a bit of 'black' dusting on them. Now I am really curious as to their heritage. But, then, they are European birds, and Europeans tended to prefer white skin versus Americans tended to prefer yellow skin 'back in the day' that is. (Who the heck knows why?) So I guess that makes sense, in some convoluted evolutionary - genetic crosses way.

Um, @RoyalChick or @rural mouse , I think I'll need some back-up on this. My learning experience with genetics was from H.S. and male X female gives you what percent of each, and then something with peas...but forgot what the traits were...I just remember the 4 block cube with possible genetic outcomes.

 

[RoyalChick]

Monday Mugs (late). Portraits of Popcorn!

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You caught a beautiful blue sheen in Eli’s feathers here! What great intense expressions they both have too!

You asked about getting the green sheen in photos, and I haven’t heard anyone chime in yet, and I can't find tips easily in searching online, so here’s the little I know.

I believe the greens and reds kind of go together, they are warm colors, and are opposite of the blues. I don’t know the physics but it works out that way. Outdoor light skews very blue due to the effect of water which filters for blue (thus our blue sky and blue ice, blue snow, etc). The more outdoor light gathered in the shot, the bluer it tends to be.

The software in your camera / phone / iPad is more important than the lens(es) these days since hardware quality has improved so much. My practical approach is to try to work with whatever “smarts” the camera is trying to implement, which might mean outfoxing it if you’re at odds with it.

So if there’s lots of browns, reds and greens in the shot, it tends to go warmer overall and enhance those colors. When it detects lots of blue and blue light it goes bluer and colder and enhances those colors. So a close-up picture of the Buckeyes is warmer than a further-away one. Notice the first mugshot of Popcorn above skews a little blue, versus the next one, which skews more green-red. The second is a downward, close shot and has green and shaded snow in the background. Cloudy days are great for getting nice feather details with the Buckeyes brown-red coloring. In fact, the prettiest shots are when they are in the shade under green leaves.

If you experiment I'd be interested in what you find out.

I am so thankful you reminded me about the phone’s software.
These are actually two different pictures but taken only seconds apart.
I played with the settings on the first one and it is MUCH, much, much closer to what she looked like in real life when I snapped the picture.

It feels like cheating somehow but she really does look that brilliant. Pretty girl!

 

[BY Bob]

I bet there was some breeding to Cuckoo Marans for the barring, which might explain the white legs?

Great, now I am going to have to look up Polish Barred Frizzle and see what went into making it. Thanks a lot for pointing this out, @Ponypoor !

I look forward to learning more from your exploration!

 

[BY Bob]

You took the wire divider out!
No wonder why she is the only one in there!

I did not. The wire divider is still there. Just in case.

See

 

[BY Bob]

I am so thankful you reminded me about the phone’s software.
These are actually two different pictures but taken only seconds apart.
I played with the settings on the first one and it is MUCH, much, much closer to what she looked like in real life when I snapped the picture.

It feels like cheating somehow but she really does look that brilliant. Pretty girl!

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Gosh she is spectacular.