Theme: White Pelican in the Waves

[John Hackney]

Canon 7D, Tamron 150-600 at 600mm, ISO 400, f/10, 1/1000 ss. Selective sharpening and noise reduction, clarity, vibrance and saturation adjustments, removed distracting elements, reduced exposure, adjusted white balance, black point and highlights. Cropped and resized for posting.



Looks like I should not increase saturation and vibrance. Thoughts on this please.

[John Hackney]

Repost after halving saturation and vibrance values.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi John, lovely low angle, and I feel in this, you have the sharpening spot on, compared to your previous post. Comp wise, I would like a little more space below. With regards to Saturation and vibrance, I feel the water is too saturated, unless it was really like that. IMHO, I dont touch either of those sliders in my work flow.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I only slightly increase vibrance in my raw conversion John, never saturation.
Lovely low POV and agree about a little more room below.

Thanks for sharing mate.

[adrian dancy]

Hi John the detail and sharpness look good. The bird's pose is perfect. The image is a little dark and needs brightening and the saturation adjusted accordingly if necessary IMHO. I would also prefer a crop that is less tight top and bottom. Nice work.

[John Hackney]

Thank you Stu, Akos and Adrian for the critique and confirmation.

[William Dickson]

Great capture John. I like the repost, but IMO needs to be a wee bit lighter. Good work.

Will

[John Hackney]

Thank you William. I'll check out your suggestion.