EGRET ON BLACK 3

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Another from my collection of Egrets on black. Although I obtained my bg pretty much in camera with adjustments with curves and burn tool there is an article in PoP Photo Jan of last year that features another image I did on black and a tutorial on how to do it using layers. :http://www.popphoto.com/gallery/photoshop-how-fade-black
Canon 40D 300 mm 2.8L w/2x
f5.6 1/125
Removed a few distracting branches adjustments with curves and burn tool NR and Sharpening
Thanks for looking and C&C very much appreciated

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Cheryl, very nice. such nice display. I also like the perch...very interesting. I am thinking if some parts of the egret can be made brighter, it might be even better.

[Mital Patel]

Cheryl,

this flying feathers are just superb over the dark bg. i would agree with KD on brightening some parts and addition to a bit USM would be nice to see especially on head.

What say ?

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Cheryl, very nice. such nice display. I also like the perch...very interesting. I am thinking if some parts of the egret can be made brighter, it might be even better.
Thanks guys. I went back and adjusted more with curves and added sharpening to the head . I also lightened the eye and darkened the pupil as well as added some saturation to he face.The 40D is very noisy at 640 so I had to use some NR and the IQ seems to go down so I don't know. How's this?

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Thanks guys. I went back and adjusted more with curves and added sharpening to the head . I also lightened the eye and darkened the pupil as well as added some saturation to he face.The 40D is very noisy at 640 so I had to use some NR and the IQ seems to go down so I don't know. How's this?

I forgot to convert to srgb on both posts

[Mital Patel]

Much Much Better to view Cheryl. You really poped the head this time. well take.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Thanks for the help I really do appreciate it.

[Melissa Groo]

REally great improvement on this nice capture, Cheryl. Nice job. I really like the intensity of the gaze and the comp.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

repost is waaaaay better. good job.

[Petros Petrou]

Impressive display! I haven't seen this before. The black canvas is great. The repost is better IMO

[Bill Dix]

Cheryl: very handsome capture, and repost makes a huge difference. Well done!

[Dan Busby]

Cheryl - I was fine with the first post. Just the basic composition, dramatic lighting and pose of the bird had me. You really know how to do that white on black business! I think the lost post (the sRBG) has thrown off the colour of the green part of the face (or maybe it's just my monitor). Even so, I love the image.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Cheryl! The repost looks great.

[Gary Esman]

repost rocks...great job.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Thanks everybody!
Dan Thanks much. It could be because i saturated it when it was still adobe rgb then converted to srgb and it could be over saturated and too much vibrance?

[Dan Busby]

Yes, could be the conversion Cheryl . It looks more like a teal colour to me, rather than the sort of deep limey green I usually see (at least that's what they have way up here in the outlier populations :S3:).

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Cheryl, love the repost for this beautiful capture! Just love the feathers against the black. Nice work!:S3:

[Marina Scarr]

Your last repost looks great! Green lores look right. Very artistic esp against the black.

[dankearl]

Awesome.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice Cheryl, I like the display and the dark BG

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Thanks everyone

[Stu Bowie]

Cheryl, your repost rocks, and just love how the detail of the displayed feathers pop against the dark BG. Very well captured. :w3

[Craig Kerr]

The detail is just too beautiful... love the composition, a superb image

[Robert Holguin]

Beautiful image. Love the feathers coming out like that. Repost is a lot better.
Well done.

[Don Lacy]

Lovely image Cheryl love the displaying pose.