Greetings folks! The hooded mergansers have returned, the females anyhow (a juvenile?) and here's a look at one of the fine birds. Taken with the Canon 7D and 70-300L at 300mm. iso800, 1/200, 5.6. This is approximately 80% of the original capture. As always I shall welcome your thoughts, ideas, and opinions...
Ah! I worked on a few things, lightened the head a little bit, burned in and removed some brighter spots in the water? What say you to this alternate version, dear folks?
I've done quite a bit of white balance tweaking but the top feathers stay blue...what would be the best way to restore this bird to its "natural" colors? Any help would be appreciated! I haven't run into a problem like this before, not on this level anyhow...
I've been re-examining my shots from this day and it's quite true: all the pictures of the shaded merganser have that blue in the feathers. Adjusting the white balance doesn't get rid of the blue...has anyone else encountered grey-brown birds going blue in the shade? Love the way it looks, but realize it's not true-to-life...
Hey Jack, cast noted, and I attempted to tame it in PS using your original post (pane #1). Here is what I did. Select the bird via your favorite method as you do not want to affect the water, then go to "Selective Color". From there choose the Blue Channel and adjust: Cyan -56, Magenta -43, Yellow + 100. Then got to the MaMagenta channel and adjust: Cyan -71, Magenta -86, Yellow +100. Finally go to Neutral and adjust: Cyan -4, Yellow +15. This is what it gave me...
Hi Jack,
I gave it a try as well. I changed the temperature to +26 and the tint to -26 in Lightroom. Then I took it into photoshop cs5 and multiplied it, set to a low opacity to tone down the bright yellow water. The water is still a bit bright.
A female hooded m. among the greens
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