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Krishna Prasad kotti
04-15-2019, 10:05 AM
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Bear River MBR looks good this year as they created wetlands close to the car loop. I will be making lots of trips to the refuge in coming weeks/months.




Nikon D500, 600 mm f/4 + 1.4x TCIII
1/2000 sec; f/5.6; ISO 1600
Manual; Matrix metering




Post Processing:-
Removed small dirt on the water
Raw Processing using C1P
Neat Image for NR
Detail Extractor 30-30 Filter
Cropping - I did not level the camera when I shot from car ( I always miss that point)
Sharpening for Presentation.


Let me know your thoughts and comments.


Thanks
Krishna
Jonathan Ashton
04-15-2019, 10:53 AM
Beautiful elegant image, just a tad bright for my taste, but beautiful pose and I love that confusing hint of detail within the bill tip.
Bill Dix
04-15-2019, 11:00 AM
Gorgeous image. Great pose with good action. I like the hint of early morning (?) color ripples in the water.
David Roach
04-15-2019, 11:30 AM
What's left to say. You really nailed it. The brightness looks spot on on my monitor. TFS
Krishna Prasad kotti
04-15-2019, 01:21 PM
Gorgeous image. Great pose with good action. I like the hint of early morning (?) color ripples in the water.

Hi Bill,

This image was taken in evening time, not early morning.
William Dickson
04-15-2019, 02:24 PM
Very nice....i really like the pose, beautiful colours throughout, and yes the BG is a wee bit too bright for me to.

Will
dankearl
04-15-2019, 05:35 PM
This is the best image I have viewed of yours I think.
Very well done.
John Mack
04-15-2019, 06:38 PM
Love the brightness on this one. The prey item with the trailing water is very neat. High key works very well here.
Randy Stout
04-15-2019, 07:26 PM
Krishna:

Nice pose, action, water.

I do think it is too bright, at least for my tastes. I have attached a copy with a 51% multiply layer applied. Of course can season to taste, but it looks less washed out to me with that little tweak.

Cheers

Randy
Krishna Prasad kotti
04-15-2019, 08:25 PM
Thank you Randy.

I did not want to make the image look too much blue and hence the choice of post processing.

I like both images.
Randy Stout
04-16-2019, 06:14 AM
Krishna:

I absolutely respect your artistic choices. It would be easy to darken he bird a bit, while leaving the background your preferred lighter color.

Thanks for posting this one.

Cheers

Randy