First Stilt
Had the privilege of finding my first Stilt this past weekend. Shot using the 1DIV, 600 f/4 + 1.4 TC, ISO 1000, 1/2500, f/8.0. Tripod and gimbal head used. Wish I could've been a little closer but took some shots anyway as the light was fading fast. C&C greatly appreciated.
Congrats on your first stilt. I'm still waiting for mine.I think that with a few small tweaks, this image will shine. The whites look a bit bright- I would deal with this early on in my workflow. If you use lightroom, I would move the highlights slider to the left. The diffuse reflection doesn't add to the image to my eye and actually takes away from the nice pose, so I would crop to where it starts. This would also eliminate the squareness of the image. Looks like you have some sensor spots which should be cloned out. Lastly, my tired eyes do see a sharpening halo. Lots of ways to sharpen to avoid this. If you rework this, please post it, I'd love to see the end result which I suspect will be sweet.
Really like the legs... and I do like the reflection...I also see a bit of halo. Maybe try a light crop from both the bottom and top? Lovely capture!
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I went back and adjusted the whites a bit. I'm not seeing the halo so perhaps someone can help me with that. I tried a bit tighter crop. Any thoughts on the re-post?
I think the repost is an improvement. I however agree with Sandy that there is a bit of a halo and I would also prefer the image with a slight crop from top and bottom to avoid the square format. Since the sun was coming from behind the bird maybe it would also be possible to slightly lighten the birds "forehead".
In general I think it is a relly nice picture!!!
Looking at the wavelets, I think a slight CW rotation is needed. My preference (only opinion, of course) would be the original crop with just a little off both top and bottom. The RP feels unbalanced with so much more empty space on top compared to the bottom.
I'm a sucker for reflections and don't mind this one, but an alternative might be to reduce contrast on the reflection a little.
Don I would keep the reflection but maybe take a bit of the top,i do like the pose and the leg action.
Keith.
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