Displaying Snipe
Canon 1DX
600mm and 1.4X III converter
ISO 800
F 5.6@ 1/320
On tripod, in the misty rain in Nome Alaska on Matthew Studebakers' amazing workshop. Audio used. I wish I had been a bit higher on my tripod to have the bill clear the red straggly grass. I could clone that one grass blade out ,if it bothers enough of you.
PP: Cropped by 30% so 70% FF, NR to BG, decreased magenta, levels, DE at 3% to bird, USM to JPEG
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail
Love the pose on the Snipe, beautiful setting, the OOF grass doesn't bother me, great job Gail.
Hi Gail, like the rich habitat & environment on this, great to see something else as a comparison to Keith's Snipe.
Personally I don't have an issue with the blade of grass as that is, 'as shot', but it may look cleaner without? I might be me, but the subject looks not as rich in the darker blacks and I wonder if that might stem from, albeit only 3% of DE? The histogram falls short on the blacks and bringing it in to around 6 before it clips I think does help. Likewise running a luminosity layer on the 'bed' of habitat, but just a personal bought/taste, this can then be tempered via the opacity slider & masking. Adding a Graduate filter to the BKG does bring also some more depth, but again all personal taste.
A shy/skittish bird over here, must ask Keith how he does it.
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Hi Steve,
How do you add a graduate filter? Where is that button?!!Please explain as I really have only modest skills with CS5.
What do you mean when you say "histogram falls short on the blacks?" Where do I see this? What am I supposed to see?
gail
Gail it's in LR/ACR when you use it as a Raw converter.
When ACR opens, look top left you will see a series of icons, forth in from the right, a rectangular box with a shadow either side, click & play. It's the only way to understand how it works, but be quite bold with the sliders as you will see the effect and can temper the action then. 'Tickling' the sliders gently will not build your knowledge and you won't see the effect. Use the shift & mouse to move it.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Hi Gail. I like the display pose on this Snipe I wondered if there was another bird about then realized a tape was used. Looks very good on that nice vegetation and I certainly would not worry about a blade of grass.
Keith.
Excellent image with beautiful colors in the frame. Like the display of snip.
Very nice composition too.
Regards,
Satish.
I like the setting, pose and composition. I am okay with the OOF grass. Well done Gail.
Hi Gail, the moment I opened this, the surrounding BG told me this was from your trip to Alaska. I really like how the snipe pops from the surrounding foliage, and plenty colours to view amongst all the foliage. Placement works well, and Im fine with the grasses as is.
Actually when i looked at the image, i imagined it without the snipe and the bunch of colours is what i loved,
The snipe adds more to it, its so difficult to get the snipes in open the tail spread is nicely caught.
Looks good to me. Seen them do this many times - often to birds other than their own kind too ! Nice mosses etc too
Cheers
JR
Knowing how hard they are to get in a pleasing image, Gail—this is GREAT! Love the display. I probably would take that little bit of oof grass away for a final touch.
Great Image from this bird. Looks very good in the vegetation.
I just love it Gail. This was such a fun bird to photograph.
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