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Moorhen
This little moorhen is becoming familiar to me. He/she has an old injury above the eye and is quite distinct from the others. It's nice to get to know the individuals.
In ACR - Exposure to the left 1/4 stop. Highlights and whites to the left. Clarity and vibrance added. Yellows increased in the HSL Panel.
In PSCS6 - A little dodge and burn reflection. Old injury repaired. Cleaned up some debris in water. Curves layer adjustment on whole image. Nik denoised!on BG. Smart sharpened for posting.
5D2
Sigma 150-600mm @ 512mm
1/800 sec @ f/6.3
ISO 800
Tripod
C&C Always welcomed and appreciated
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Mate have you tipped little fella a little too far???
Hiya Glennie,this is lovely,
educate me Glennie,is this moor hen different from your purple swamp hen,how do the two compare? The pic is lovely mate our moorhen is fairly shy acessable but on the shyier side than say our coot. The repair to the injury must be great Glennie , leastways,I can't see what you did
.Sometimes these reflections like the one across the crown above beak really look strange in this case I really like it it lifts the face abit for me,Mate the only other thing I can mention is maybe just a bit smaller in frame?? Glennie i'm unsure,on this last one,but thought I'd chuck it out there.Lovely bit of work mate,i'll leave the technical stuff to others. I love the colours in the water and how the beak is just emersed
nice work kiddo
Stu
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I actually like this pose a lot. It does look like the cousin of the coot. Is that right? The BG is really beautiful. I haven't played a lot with the Nik Dfine for denoising. How do you like it, Glennie?
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Stu - Thank you. I tried leveling this image by lining up the bill where it touches the water! That was the only place that looked squarish to decide on a crop. Maybe I've over done it? Yes. The moorhen is a very close relative of the coot. Gallinula tenebrosa. They are a little shy and twitchy, but these are getting used to my presence. I know what you mean about the reflections of water on birds. I have many shots where I can't make up my mind if I like it or not. Smaller in frame? Yep. I had considered that too. But I liked the water too much.
Adhika - Thank you. Yes. Close relie of the coot. I saw your post about the free Nik stuff. This was the first time I've used Nik Dfine for denoising. Very simple to use. What do you think of the image posted? Only did the BG. I've used Topaz before.
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Very nice Glennie! Great job of getting details in those dark feathers, the lighting was perfect for that. It almost appears as though the bird is keeping its eye on you! I also like the reflection and the softness of the surrounding water.
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Very nice! Nice composition and colors on the water. I feel you need a little CCW rotation -- the ripples are a clue but I always go by what looks right. The sure-fire way is to line to the eye with it's reflection when it shows well enough.
I'd touch out the reflection on the upper bill (if that's what it's called) but that's just me -- it was obviously there, so your call.
The small yellow patch of the bill is a bit hot -- might try to tame it. You may have overexposed a bit.
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Thank you Diane. I can see the CCW needed now. I did try to line up the ripples first, but just didn't look right. I was also torn with the reflected light on the face plate. I get that in a lot of images, normally around the neck area. The bright yellow bit on the end of the bill looked hot to me also. I tried the "ALT" key on the highlights and whites in ACR and it didn't appear as red. I assumed it was OK. Even so, it was still too bright, so I have painted a very desaturated yellow over the brighter bit. Maybe a curves adjustment would have been better?
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For the hot yellows, did you try either lowering Highlights or (failing that) Exposure, then bringing up Shadows as needed? It may be that area was too blown to recover, though.
You could try going back to the initial raw (no adjustments) and trying different Camera Profiles to see if one is less contrasty.
It's not a huge problem here, but something to be aware of.
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