Photographed at Merrit Lake, Oakland CA. Nikon D200, 80-400mmVR + TC14B, wide open, 1/800sec, ISO 400. PP in CS3, sharpened with Nik Sharpener Pro, noise reduced with Noise Ninja.
Dan Brown,
Sacramento
Black-crowned Night-heron
Photographed at Merrit Lake, Oakland CA. Nikon D200, 80-400mmVR + TC14B, wide open, 1/800sec, ISO 400. PP in CS3, sharpened with Nik Sharpener Pro, noise reduced with Noise Ninja.
Dan Brown,
Sacramento
You did your best in a bad situation. Sharp, and a good EXP, but working in filtered light--the bird partly in sun and partly in shade--is an image killer 99% of the time...
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This is golden advice and I hadn't really realised it fully until I read it here. I find this type of lighting really compelling in the viewfinder but almost always disappointing in the final result.Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
I really like the image though. it has a bit of feel of Orton Effect to it.
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