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SonyA700~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO640~F7.1~1/800sec~5-3-2009~Surfside, Texas
CS4/Topaz Adjust3(small detail preset)/Topaz Clean2
That would be Great Blue Heron and Red Winged Blackbird. This is not a composite, just coincidental.
comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill
Bill, I love the HK. I like the pose of the GBH. The head intersecting with the wings does not bother me as you can see the head very clearly. I love the legs dangling! The RWBB is a nice addition to the composition. It is a bit tight for me-but it is well composed. I would run some NR. There is also an artifact in BG.
Bill, I find your Adjust/Clean style very effective on most images and very much
like a fine lithograph. This one for me just has too much busy coloration.
IMHO
and a nice catch with the RWBB....agree with Denise about the excess chroma noise
I love the pose and the treatment on the Heron. I think the RWBB looks so different, treament-wise, that the composition might be better without it. ??
Hi Bill, Agree with some of the others comments. Since the 2 birds are not interacting IMO the rwbb is pulling your eye away from your center of interest...
Hi Bill,
Have to agree with the above observations - to me the heron is stunning on its own.
Best,
Nicki
Hi. A valid point was made about the non-interaction and distraction that the RWBB provides, especially from DMills, so I agree the bird needs to be evicted. The noise? I took the image last May, and at some point used Topaz Adjust, however, as pointed out, there is a noise problem. A little investigation showed that Topaz Clean2 had not been used (probably hadn't come out yet when the image was worked on). In any case I have posted the imge, sans RWBB, with Topaz Adjust and Clean 2 as in more recent images posted. Is this better? regards~Bill
I like it Bill, I feel an improvement!!
Bill, The composition does look stronger.
