Reddish Egret

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Sony A900~Sony 500 F4 G~Sony 1.4x~ISO 400~F5.6~1/2000~manual exposure~hand held~Quintana, Texas~7-2-2012 8:30 AM~CS6

Reddish Egret in motion. Comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill

[Clyde Hopper]

Hi Bill , I'm told there is NOT a perfect photo..........I'm going to wait and see what is said bout this one....looks perfect too me ! The water "In motion " also adds to this IMO .

[Jeannean Ryman]

Very nice capture of the egret! I also like the motion and the water trail. On my monitor, there is a strong yellow cast making it almost look sepia (if that's a way to describe what I'm seeing). I was reading a thread in the Tutorials and Educational Resources folder about color casts and LAB color correction by John Chardine, so thought I would give it a whirl. I got lost quickly (quite a bit over my skill level in PP), but did manage to get a little ways into it. It still didn't look quite right (like I said, I kind of got lost ;), so finished it off with a levels adjustment layer using the gray point eyedropper. This still isn't quite right, but it might give you an idea to play with. This is the link to that thread and I'll attach my experiment with it:

http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...-John-Chardine

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Thanks Clyde and Jeannean. Jeannean; you are correct about the color cast, and re-post looks much better! If I had noticed the color cast, which seems so obvious now that you mention it, I would have dealt with it in ACR. I think its basically a white balance problem. I had the WB set at "cloudy +3, which was too much of a yellow shift ( clouds, overcast, etc shift the light toward blue) . However, with the image I posted, I was able to repair it with color Efex pro4 "white neutralizer" preset. John's Lab color treatment obviously works, as you demonstrated, but it sure sounds kind of complicated! Thank you for pointing out the problem. regards~Bill