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    Default Black-crowned Night Heron Portrait II.

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    "They are gone for the season by now." (I said this before but it pointed out to me some othe photogs that they just moved further into the marsh.)
    I'll post a couple more, as I have already posted some.
    This sot is having some issues;
    1. the active focus point was on the tip of the beak by accident.
    2. the setting was meant to be used on an othe object which was on the move, hence the wide open aperture, to gain shutter speed.
    I still post it as I think it looks funny.
    Thanks for looking.

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    A different and charming image! I like the focus point -- it separates the beak, with its messy feathers, from the body and makes it the subject. The eyes have enough sharpness but remain secondary to the beak. Well done, even if by accident.

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    Hi Karl,
    The pose is indeed cute.I Like the eyes.
    I like the muted BG.
    I see a magenta cast and quite a bit of chroma noise in the body feathers. I wonder why as your ISO was only 800. Was this under exposed?
    Gail

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    Quote Originally Posted by gail bisson View Post
    Hi Karl,
    The pose is indeed cute.I Like the eyes.
    I like the muted BG.
    I see a magenta cast and quite a bit of chroma noise in the body feathers. I wonder why as your ISO was only 800. Was this under exposed?
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    Thanks Gail.
    It was exposed right, did not have to anything in this regard.
    I shoot in RAW+jpeg.
    Jpeg is for reference. (Artie used to shoot like this.)
    Here is the jpeg version, nothing done to it.
    I'll check the magenta cast later.
    I move the magenta slider to the very left in RAW that controlles the saturation.
    I do it 99.9 % of the time.
    Sometimes when it is not enough, then I go to sepective colours, neutrals and turn the magenta to -2 there.
    (Learned from Daniel.) If it is still not good then I will wait some more help as to how to go about it.
    You might know, Gail.

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    Another very cool shot, Karl, the eyes are great!
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    A happy looking bird. IQ has held up very well for what looks like a decent sized crop. It is always nice to see the original to get an idea of what others do for cropping.

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    Wonderful shot. Love the open beak, nice background, and those eyes are stunning.
    Well done.

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    I like the original post a lot. IQ has held up well. I do not see the magenta cast but it is there. Easiest way to see it is open a Hue Saturation layer, pick magenta from the drop down menu, and move the SAT slider to the right to 100%. To remove the cast, move the slider well to the left of zero. For the repost the Megneta is at -50.

    One question, why not a vertical for the original capture???
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    I like the original post a lot. IQ has held up well. I do not see the magenta cast but it is there. Easiest way to see it is open a Hue Saturation layer, pick magenta from the drop down menu, and move the SAT slider to the right to 100%. To remove the cast, move the slider well to the left of zero. For the repost the Megneta is at -50.

    One question, why not a vertical for the original capture???
    Thanks, Artie. I like your version.
    I just have learned one more way of controlling magenta cast.
    I know I should have just turned the camera around for a vertical.
    I was kicking myself after, but the moment of opportunity to capture this yawn was faster than my brain.

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    Absolutely superb image.Love the yawing pose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karl Egressy View Post
    Thanks, Artie. I like your version.
    I just have learned one more way of controlling magenta cast.
    I know I should have just turned the camera around for a vertical.
    I was kicking myself after, but the moment of opportunity to capture this yawn was faster than my brain.
    YAW. The decision to go vertical was correct well before the yawn....
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    Lovely pose captured, good detail and BG. Great shot.

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    Looks quite the happy fella (even though it is not a smile!) Sharp where it counts, and a nice smooth BG. I'm wondering why you need to add so much magenta 99.9% of the time...is your monitor properly calibrated?

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