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Randy Stout
03-15-2009, 09:45 PM
This handsome fellow was on the shore at the Venice Rookery. He was very cooperative, and I was able to try several different setups.
I liked the background effect, reminds me of an oriental painting. Comments appreciated.
I kept the contrast down a bit to further the painted look.
D300 500mm f/4 with 1.4 TC f/5.6 ISO 1000 Gitzo Wimb V2
Randy
denise ippolito
03-16-2009, 07:19 AM
Randy I like the BG it does have an oriental flair- The crop is nice and these portrait style images have made me want to post one! I think this is sharp enough-but It appears a bit flat- not sure why. But your eye is nice and clear and I love the overall feeling to this one.
Axel Hildebrandt
03-16-2009, 07:34 AM
Great details, composition and BG. The color temperature is too low for my taste, it has a slight blue cast.
Doug Brown
03-16-2009, 08:27 AM
Nice pose and crop. Sharpness is excellent. Here's a repost without the blue cast.
Randy Stout
03-16-2009, 08:37 AM
Thanks for the input Denise and Axel:
I redid the color temperature and cleaned up one healing brush mark under the bill.
Randy
Doug Brown
03-16-2009, 08:39 AM
Much better!
Axel Hildebrandt
03-16-2009, 08:41 AM
Yes, the repost looks much better. If that is something you do, you could clean up the white spots on the tip of the upper mandible.
Randy Stout
03-16-2009, 08:41 AM
Doug:
I was working on my redo while you were posting yours! I went even a bit warmer, so people have lots of choice. Mine may be a bit too warm, after looking at yours.
I will be curious what people think. Thanks for the repost!
Did you just change the color temp, or did you do some other tweaks?
Randy
Randy Stout
03-16-2009, 08:42 AM
Axel:
I go back and forth about cleaning. This is a pretty small bit of down/feathers, and if the bird wasn't so big in the frame, probably wouldn't be much of an issue.
Thanks.
Randy
denise ippolito
03-16-2009, 08:47 AM
Randy, I guess the color cast is why it looked a bit flat to me-but either re-post looks great!
Roman Kurywczak
03-16-2009, 01:54 PM
Hey Randy,
I'm leaning towards Doug's re-post......but yours does pop even more......maybe soften the darker stem behind the head a bit more???...just to even out the BG more. Very nice feel to this one!
Doug Brown
03-16-2009, 03:31 PM
You can raise the color temperature directly. In my case I adjusted the color balance sliders in PS.
Fabs Forns
03-16-2009, 03:50 PM
I think Doug's repost is more natural looking. What I'd do is neutralize the whites in Nik Color Select. It works wonders. Nice compos, btw and yes, it looks oriental.
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