Snowy on White

SonyA700~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO1600~F7.1~1/1250 sec~manual exposure~Hand Held~12-10-2009~Brays Bayou, Houston, Texas~CS4
seemed to fit the theme.
comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill

fractalius vol1
2009 BPN posted images

Bill, Very high key, I am seeing some posterization? in the BG. A tiny bit of over bright white on the back and far wing, but nothing that detracts from the image. I have been trying to keep my histogram as far to the right as possible w/ only a scant amount of blinkies, so this is probably just as I would have exposed it. Lovely pose and dangling feet. Nicely done.

Very nice action capture, Bill. I like the subtle range of tones. :)

Thanks Denise , Julie. The original image was exposed correctly, and for the theme, in PS, I tried to make the background "whiter" and also brightened the bird, hoping to merge the white of the bird with the background. I'm sure posterization could have occurred and I wasn't too successful. Probably should have gone back to the RAW image and done some of this stuff in ACR. regards~Bill

Lovely, Bill. I love the subtle contrast. I'm wondering if an 'ooch' more room on the right would be in order? I'm a bit of an 'unbalanced' person. lol

Love the snowies! Nice high key effect with the subject/background blending in nice places.

Love the feet and the pose. I feel the head gets lost into the BG, but I'm looking at it on my laptop because one of the cats disconnected my monitor. Grrrrrrrr....
Where's Alfred when you need him :cool: (working)