Snow Goose - Bosque del Apache
One of the tens of thousands of snow geese stopping in New Mexico for a bit. Finding "just one" is sometimes the biggest challenge.Lens blur applied to the background to add to the natural blur of the shallow DOF.
7D, EF500mm f/4
Manual mode, f/7.1@1/3200, ISO 400 WB 5100K
AI Servo autofocus, HH, no flash
"It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart, and head." - Henri Cartier Bresson
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Lovely background and action capture. Excellent wing position and tones there! The tone of the body looks a bit muddy on my monitor, and for me, provides too much contrast to the color of the wings for what I would expect to see. Maybe a selective adjustment on the body would bring it closer to the wing color? Very nice shot!
Thank you Jeannean! Your point is well taken regarding the look of the body, so I cleaned it up and brightened it. An excellent suggestion and I appreciate your feedback. Thank you!
Here is what I did to clean it up in PS CS5:
- using the sponge tool set to desaturate at 66%, I used a small brush to neutralize the yellowish areas
- switched to the dodge tool, set to dodge the midtones at 14% and brushed over the areas that looked dark
Altogether about 5 minutes, which I should have spent on the first post.
"It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart, and head." - Henri Cartier Bresson
Please visit me on the web at http://kerryperkinsphotography.com
You nailed it Kerry! Very nice!
nice landing pose,good detail,like the BG,repost is the one.thanks.
What a fantastic pose...wish sun was slightly down and we would not have that shadow of neck...but still this is stellar image and I like your PP in re post. Fantastic.
nice work on the second post cleanup. What a difference a little bit of detail makes!
Somehow I missed this one, Kerry. Excellent pose and congrats on getting a BG that isn't obviously cluttered with a zillion more geese. I wouldn't have realized what was wrong with the OP, but the cleanup made a huge difference and I really like this one. I can't wait until November.
"You CAN photo just one" (remember the potato chip slogan?)
Great pose, great background, version 2 shows the white feathers well, version one looked a bit dingy. You desaturated the goose's breast feathers, didn't you? I don't yet speak Photoshop ;)
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