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Thread: Gull would love your pp assessment

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    Steve Foss
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    Default Gull would love your pp assessment

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    Hey all:

    I shot this gull in the middle of a luminous fog at a Lake Superior harbor last March. Just a herring gull, but the light was diffuse and sweet, and I really enjoy the way the underwing feathers look like taffeta.

    My thing is this. I worked in shadows/highlights and did the usual sharpening and color adjustments. Is there anything you can think of to make this a better image in pp? I'd thought about using more levels/curves to add 'pop,' but I kind of like the flat, luminous look.

    Thoughts?

    Canon D-Rebel XT, Canon 100-400 at 200mm, iso400, 1/500 at f8, al servo, crop from horizontal

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    Alfred Forns
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    Hi Steve

    You did not include the exp comp but seems like it was taken a little under exposed It is difficult to lighten afterwards With that type light you might need to over exposed at least one stop and usually more I like the pose and bird position !!!!

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    Steve Foss
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    Al, you are right. No EC because I wasn't prepared for the darn bird to land. Just sloppy operator error. It was underexposed about a full stop, and I ran a light noise reduction on the underwing portions.

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    Robert Amoruso
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    Steve, I like the composition and posture of the bird and the rock is just the right amount in the frame. I would make a selection of the bird and do a curves adjustment on it along with a levels adjustment to brighten it up.

    I my repost below, I did a very rough selection with no feathering, etc. so it looks, well bad but I did it to demonstrate my suggestion on the curves and levels. My corrections are subtle but you can take them as far as you like.
    Last edited by Robert Amoruso; 01-06-2008 at 12:10 PM.

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    RoxanaRosell
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    Agree with the above comments. Great pose on the bird, but fog is a killer and birds not always cooperative.

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    Ivan Miksik
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    Composition is really great!

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