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Holy moley Steve; if that looks like you first thing in the morning...we must be twins! I love the white bird against the dark BG. You have done well to hide any distractions in the BG. His yellow galoshes are an absolute bonus. I might consider brightening his eye just a tad?
Thank you for sharing!
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Hi Steve and thanks for your membership support. You wrote a good self critique as I love the hairdo and the crack in the rocks. Are there many pelicans around?
For the original capture you needed to point the lens a bit more to your left for more room in front of the bird and less behind.
The big problem with the photo is that the WHITEs especially those about the head and face are grayed out. They need to be white. And yes, the eyes, and the lores need to be brightened up a bit... a
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Better but still too gray. What are you using to convert your RAW files? a
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Thanks for your help Artie, I use LR only.
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Hi Steve, Thanks. You might enjoy the initial discussion of LR on my blog here. There is lots of relevant stuff in the Comments.
Especially relevant to the discussion here would be the follow-up post: Lightroom Bashing? Lightroom Highlight Percentage Values vs RGB Values: Lessons Learned and Summary
You can read the whole thing here.
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