Fresh Crab

[Steve Smith]

Canon 70D, Tamron 150-600, 1/400 sec, ISO 400, f11, 200mm, DPP4.3. Taken at the end of our street this evening.

[shane shacaluga]

Nice pose from both subjects and you did well to get both of them sharp. The muted light brings a lot of character into this image. Seaweed and BG highlight the birds nicely

I did a try at brightening the birds slightly as think the crab is too dark and is a main feature in this image

Hope you dont mind my attempt

[Karl Egressy]

Nice catch. The repost looks better.

[John Robinson]

Nice action here Steve. repost looks better to me too.
John

[Ihtisham Kabir]

Vibrant image, very nice. Is it my imagination or is there a slight blue cast?

[Steve Smith]

Hi Shane,

Yes I think you are right - the brightened image does look better and the shadow of the crab on the bird is still visible. Thank you. Steve

[Steve Smith]

Hi Ihtisham,

If there is a blue cast it might be from the time of day and the blue light reflected from the ocean - I guess. I went there to photograph a pair of harlequin ducks that mooch around at a certain phase of the tide. They had left the scene but these two gulls looking for crabs provided a good replacement. Steve

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Steve, good wing display showing up the feather detail, and the crab is a huge bonus. Shane's repost has taken the Gulls to another level.

[Ihtisham Kabir]

Hi Steve, "Good replacement" is an understatement. It is great - I specially like the way you nailed the beak of the second gull. For possible color cast (and my monitor might be suspect here, too) I usually try the color correct buttons at the bottom of the curves or levels dialog boxes in photoshop (not sure what is the equivalent in dpp though.) Ihtisham