The Rookery

[Bill McCrystyn]

I shot these Cattle Egrets from a boat about 50' from the subjects with a Canon 20D, 100-400L IS at f/8 1/800 ISO 400 EFL 640mm. I had to crop tight because of all the other birds in the frame. I figured close was better to capture the small chicks in the nest. The ugly ducklings - err Egrets. Thanks for your critique. Bill

[David Dilworth]

Nice family photo. It could be a little sharper, but considering you took the photo from a boat I'd say you did quite well. I hate noise and would prefer a little less background noise. If you didn't use de-noiser software on this photo you might try it to see if you like the photo better. The photo has a little bit too much saturation for me. I would back off just a tad on the intense colors, but just a tad. The colors are one of the good features of this photo.

[Bill McCrystyn]

Thanks David, I was just racing around in panic trying to see who I could talk to about the color saturation "trasfomation"??? The thumbnail looks correct but the posted image is way out of wack. I wonder if it is the web conversion I used from RAW. My 16 bit Tiff does not show this way. If it continues I will purposley tone down 3-5% before I submit. Any thoughts on your part would be appreciated. I did not use Noise Ninja but have considered buying the product. Is that what you would recommend? Thanks much, Bill

[Bill McCrystyn]

I think I have found my problem. I went back into CS3 and compared a JPEG of this image I use on another site. I had to reduce my "for the web" version on color saturation by 35% to match my Jpeg and Tiff of this image. I will never try using "save for the web" again. I will repost this image again Thursday for further review. Thanks everyone for their patience with this rookie.

[Fabs Forns]

Bill,

Have you done this in PS?

Otherwise, you may be looking at something in your computer and showing a total different story in the web: