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wendell westfall
03-07-2010, 11:19 PM
D70s 70-200VR@90 1/1250 f/9.0 ISO200 0EV handheld

I took this unposed picture a couple years ago at a local park. The girl turned out to be a regular there who most weekdays brought food for this goose particularly, and for other birds as well. I've always liked the concept I captured. But this was before I knew much about digital photography, ignorant of ISO and EV, for example. Well, the image out of the camera is awful . . . and the water in particular looks terrible. I masked and changed the water in PSE in an effort to improve things (and did lots of NR on it). Did I come close to making this "charming" scene acceptable?

Wendell
Jeroen Wijnands
03-08-2010, 03:36 AM
Colors are still weird, the composition is very nice though.
Jeff Cashdollar
03-08-2010, 01:31 PM
I am on work monitor but did you change white balance or color temp? I might set everything to default and AWB and reprocess, let's see what others think. Love the simplicity of the moment.
Lance Peters
03-08-2010, 03:54 PM
Hi Wendell - colours look a little weird to me as well.
David Thomasson
03-08-2010, 07:55 PM
I love it! The goose is obviously waiting with great patience and dignity for his handout. I can just hear him gently clearing
his throat as a polite reminder to his benefactor to hand it over. :D

Looks like a green cast. Here's a shot at adjusting ...

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1196/goosev.jpg
Alfred Forns
03-08-2010, 08:12 PM
Hi Wendell The image itself is well composed and very cute !! David's repost is perfect ... man you can work some magic :)

I like how you got both in close to the same plane for dof !! Good interaction and timing !!!
wendell westfall
03-08-2010, 09:10 PM
David, David, David, I hope you're not tired of being praised for your PP skills. Thanks!
And my thanks to all of you "critiquers"; would you believe I saw no problem with the color until you pointed it out for me . . .
David Thomasson
03-08-2010, 09:18 PM
David, David, David, I hope you're not tired of being praised for your PP skills. Thanks!


Thank you, Wendell. No applause; just throw silver! :p
Jeff Cashdollar
03-08-2010, 10:46 PM
Dave, what did you do, it looks better?
David Thomasson
03-08-2010, 10:55 PM
Dave, what did you do, it looks better?

Thank you. Here's my layer stack. Curves for overall color; that took care of the color cast. Then selective color applied only
to the grass, to darken and enhance greens a tad. The other selective color layer tweaked the water a little, taking out more
of the green reflections.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1338/goosecolor.jpg
Richard Waas
03-09-2010, 10:32 PM
Wendall great capture and David you never cease to amaze me and you do it with such ease. The two of you came up with a very nice image!!
David Thomasson
03-09-2010, 10:44 PM
Wendall great capture and David you never cease to amaze me and you do it with such ease. The two of you came up with a very nice image!!

Thanks, Richard. I appreciate it.
wendell westfall
03-09-2010, 10:51 PM
Richard thanks, and I can't think of anyone I'd rather have clean up after me . . .