White Pelican ~ Late Light

[Jim Fenton]

Image created just beforw sunset a couple weeks back when we found a handful of white pelicans feeding on cold stunned fish.

Nikon D700, 500VR, ISO 1000, F7.1, 1/400, NearUniWB Preset, CW metering, +1.7 EV

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Beautiful light, good sharpness and eye contact, I also like the colors of the water and patterns. Some of the whites and reds look a bit overexposed.

[Jim Fenton]

Hi Axel...

Doesn't show up as over exposed or out of gamut on CS4 on my computer nor in NX2?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Hi Axel...

Doesn't show up as over exposed or out of gamut on CS4 on my computer nor in NX2?

I bet it is because of sRGB 8bit jpg conversion. This is the histogram if I open it in CS4.

[Jim Fenton]

You could be right...when I open it in Adobe RGB, at least on my system, it's OK.

When I look at it in srgb, I see exactly what you're seeing.

Guess I should soft proof in srgb :)

[Jim Fenton]

Here is the histogram in Adobe RGB