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Paul Pagano
03-31-2008, 05:23 AM
I shot this the other day in late afternoon back-lit conditions. This guy was stretching off of an old dock piling. I decided to fool with it more than I normally fool with an image. I cloned out the bottom portion of the image where the blurred (far bank) of the river was to get the whole thing clean. Added a bit of flash and some contrast. Slight crop for composition (maybe 10%)
Canon 40D
Canon 400 f/5.6L
Av @ f/5.6 1/1600s
ISO 320
CWM @ +2 EV
Arthur Morris
03-31-2008, 07:06 AM
Good try but bird still too dark esp. face and bill pouch. Not sure what to suggest as you have likely lightened this already. Next time try 3 stops off the white sky set manually.
later and love, artie
Hernan Peyras
03-31-2008, 07:45 AM
Although it is a bit dark like Arthur said, I find the composition very attratictive :)
Hernan
Paul Pagano
03-31-2008, 08:07 AM
I managed some more lightening out of it, but not sure if it's overdone now. For some reason, I got into this thing about liking darker, only once its pointed out to me do I start to see where it is too dark. I added more flash to this one.
Arthur Morris
03-31-2008, 08:40 AM
Much improved. Might add a bit of contrast via a Curves ADJ. While I like the curves and teh design of the image I can now mention that the head is angled slightly away from you.
later and love, artie
Robert Amoruso
03-31-2008, 09:51 AM
Paul,
I like the reworking and agree with Artie on the angle not being optimum.
Manos Papadomanolakis
03-31-2008, 10:46 AM
I really like the repost!
Juan Aragonés
04-01-2008, 03:10 AM
Instead of the problems with such a difficult exposure this is an image with a powerful and strong aesthetic and graphic value. I like it a lot
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