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Sony A700~Sony70-400G@300mm~F6.3~ISO500~ 5-17-09~Brazos Bend State Park, Texas~overcast
CS4 /Topaz Adjust (fine detail preset)/ Topaz Clean 2
The Night Heron attacking a crawfish in duck weed. Incidentally he got it.
Comments and critique welcomed~Bill
William, I really like the sketch-like look to this. You added the perfect amount of Topaz filters to this also. I'm not sure but it looks like it has a slight color-cast to it. It may just be the BG and the duckweed. Nicely presented!
denise: I'm glad you liked it. I'm sure there is a color cast, and I keep forgetting to adjust it. The problem is that when there is a bunch of duckweed around every bird has a greenish cast. You should see what it does to great and snowy egrets! regards~Bill
THis looks great William. I must check out this Topaz stuff sometime soon.
Very nice as presented, Bill, you have been getting great stuff lately, thanks for sharing it.
It may have a slight green cast, maybe by your choice?
This is great William, it almosts looks like a lithograph out of a book. Neat action pose too. I love what Topaz can do!
Thanks guys! Fabs: no, I wasn't trying for a green cast, I'm sure I could do something about it.
About the plugins:
Before you jump to the conclusion that if you use them you'll get similar results, I need to point out that the quality of the original photograph is much more important than the plugins . The original image must have sharp edges and considerable detail. Detail that isn't there can not be enhanced. Edges that are not sharp become thick blurry lines. I must also say that I don't use the plugins to full effect, and always throttle em down with "fade last command". regards~Bill
Nicely processed Bill.....Here it is with color cast removed for a comparison.
IMO, a bit of the corcast could definitely be left in for a nice effect.
Also note that you are still posting in Adobe RGB......converted to sRGB
is best for all web browsers to interpret colorspace correctly.
Hey Dave, Like what you did with the repost removing the caste.. IMO Makes the image more interesting. Nice effect Bill.
Dave P.-Thankyou for taking the time to do a re-post. I like them both!!
