Osprey

[John Hackney]

Canon 7D Mark II, EF 100-400 f4.5 to 5.6 Mark II
ISO 640
400mm
f/8
SS 1/2500

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Crop, color correction, adjust lighting, white and black points

[Randy Stout]

John:

I like the diagonal pose working the frame diagonal, the level head/straight on gaze, back lighting of primaries and tail.

I would consider adding just a sliver of canvas all the way around.

Some of your adjustments have left the bird a bit flat and low in contrast. I appreciate bringing up the shadows, but this often results in a "flat image"

I selected the lighter tones and ran a 30% overlay blend mode. You can do better on the original.

Cheers

Randy

[John Hackney]

Thanks Randy. I see the need for a little more canvas now that you pointed it out. Thanks for the input on the image being flat. I will definitely work on the original to see what I come up with. My PS skills are definitely primitive.

[John Hackney]

Repost per/with Randy's suggests.

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[arash_hazeghi]

there is something wrong with this image, it doesn't look like an osprey. The osprey underside is pure white, in all of the images above it looks grey, last one a bit better but still not there

TFS

[John Hackney]

Thanks Arash. It has a pretty strong back lighting. Must be a white balance issue. I'll see what I can do on that.

[John Hackney]

Attempt at getting a more white body.

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[arash_hazeghi]

the last repost is totally blue I am afraid,

looks like your monitor is bad or it needs calibration.

[John Hackney]

I may have gone too blue on the white balance. It may also be time for re-calibration.