Mirror Image

[Shellie Dallas]

This is a Northern Water Snake taken in early am when the water looks falsely green!!! Taken with D300 and my 300mm 2.8. lens. 1/160 at f4.0, -1/3 EV. 0 flash, 420mm. Gitzo tripod.

[Dan Brown]

Wow! love the green water! and the snakes body barely showing under it. I would reduce the noise a bit and clone out a couple of small light spots in the water, but thats it from me. Very nice!

Dan Brown

[Sharna Lee]

Totally cool! I love the green water and as Dan pointed out the snakes body is barely visible under it. Nice touch.
I agree with the noise reduction. Only on the water.

Good job.

Sharna

[Shellie Dallas]

Not sure if this is much better???? I used the NR in lightroom.:confused:

[Dan Brown]

Very nice job on the redo! The green is great! I can see where you removed one of the white spots, but only because I knew where to look. Dan

[Susan Griffith]

Great capture, love the colors and that you can see the submerged part of the snake as well. Great job.

-Susan

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Shellie,
The submerged part of the snake is what makes this very nice indeed on top o the lovely water. Maybe a bit of work on the eye to sharpen a bit more but working on the original shouldn't be an issue. Very well seen and captured!

[Julie Kenward]

Very nice, Shellie! That water is gorgeous! A little sharpening on the snake's head and eye and you've got a stunning image there!

[Shellie Dallas]

Jules, I have done some sharpening already???? Maybe I am doing something wrong?? If anyone wants to take a stab at it and post a redo that would be awesome to see, along with how to!! :-)

[Julie Kenward]

Let's see if this is any better...I generally don't like to sharpen over an image that's already been sharpened but we'll see how this looks online.

I also ran the image through my Neat Image Noise reduction plug-in while I had it open.

[Howard Burkert]

I like your image. The mirror reflection is great and the surreal water takes it to a higher level.
Best,
Howard.