(Snowy Egret)
Canon 7D
Canon 500/4
1/3200 sec f/7.1 ISO 640
CS6 for levels, sharpening and a small amount of crop
Noiseware Pro on BG
Attachment 129978
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(Snowy Egret)
Canon 7D
Canon 500/4
1/3200 sec f/7.1 ISO 640
CS6 for levels, sharpening and a small amount of crop
Noiseware Pro on BG
Attachment 129978
i like the way the bird is placed here
its surely interesting to the eye
exposure looks good as the sharpness
I don't mind either the side-lighting or the boxy crop, but of which usually bug me. SH and EXP look good. The brightest WHITEs could use a 10-15% Linear Burn. I like the image design and the raised foot but not the shadow on the foot.
Thanks folks -- greatly appreciated. Artie, I need to ask. What's a "linear burn"?
Hi Ian, Do you use Photoshop? Do you use NIK Color EfexPro?
Artie. I do use CS6. I have Nik Color Efex Pro, but tend to use Viveza more frequently. I didn't use either on this one, though.
Linear Burn is a Blend Mode choice in Photoshop. I usually select the WHITEs with Select/Color Range, put them on their own layer, apply a Linear Burn by selecting that as the Blend Mode, and then usually reducing the Opacity and fine-tuning that with a Layer Mask. All as detailed in our Digital Basics file, an instructional PDF that is sent via e-mail. It includes my complete digital workflow, dozens of great Photoshop tips including Digital Eye Doctor techniques, several different ways of expanding canvas, a section on sharpening, a section on creating time-saving Actions, all of my time-saving Keyboard Shortcuts, Quick Masking, Layer Masking and NIK Color Efex Pro basics, and tons more.
Thanks, Artie. I have Digital Basics -- need to go back and re-read, obviously! :P
Digital Basics. Thanks for your purchase. Just do a search for Linear Burn and start studying. I'd love to do a repost. Be sure not to over-do it. About 15% usually restores detail nicely w/o greying things out. A 20% layer of Detail Extractor in Color Efex Pro does a similarly excellent job.
When you have some time, it would behoove you to study all of the Photoshop stuff--there is literally a wealth of info there. Same as with ABP and ABP II. :)
