Avian Image of the Week for the week ending June 21st, 2013: Gail Bisson - Smoking red necked grebes #1
Congratulations Gail!
I am just back from THE most amazing workshop in Nome, Alaska with Matthew Studebaker. Feel free to PM me if you want all the amazing details.
I am exhausted ( 18 hour days and a red eye home) but knew that I wanted to process this one shot immediately. The other 5000 pics can wait! Exposure was tricky and I opted for a bit of blow out on the side of right hand grebe to get a half decent exposure on the shaded side of grebes. A call was used.
canon 1DX
600mm II and 1.4x
ISO 800
SS 1/1250
f 5.6
I cloned out some grasses in the water ( I know...I said I was trying not to clone anything in my shots but this one is special!) and added 3% canvas on the left. Cropped top and bottom.
PP- NR on BG. S & H, levels, DE at 10% on side of left bird's body and 3% on the rest of the grebes. USM at 40% and 0.3 pixels.
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail
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