Redhead

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi All,

I took this image at Utah Lake State Park, Today.


Nikon D500
500mm f/4 + 1.7x TC


Post processing:-
Added canvas to the right and Noise reduction
Lightroom, Photoshop CC, Neat Image

Let me know your comments on the same.

Thanks
Krishna

[Randy Stout]

Krishna:

Well exposed, colors, good reflection. Not sure what is on his bill?

Looks like it needs a tiny bit of CW rotation, based on the reflection.

I might try to smooth out the repetition in the background on the right from where you extended the canvas.

Cheers

Randy

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi Randy,

Thank you for the comments. I agree with the rotation. I realized that after I posted here in the forum.

I am not able to get things correctly for the images where we extend the canvas.

I used the patch tool to correct the edges where I added canvas. I will try smoothing it out.

I would love to know any specific workflow/steps (best practices) which you use for extending canvas..

Thanks
Krishna

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

He was feeding during this time. We can see mud on his bill.

Corrected based on the comments by Randy.

I tried to smoothen the edges of the canvas extension, not sure how successful I am..

[Randy Stout]

Krishna:

Perhaps post a copy of the image before you extended the canvas, so we know where you started from.

Randy

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi Randy,

Below the image before I started extending the canvas.



Thanks
Krishna

[Randy Stout]

Krishna:

Thanks for the post.

I did a quick pass at it. Added extra canvas on the right with the crop tool. Used the rectangular marque tool to select the largest amount of background available in front of the duck, without ripples. Then used content aware scale to stretch that selection to fill the enlarged canvas from the crop change. It didn't have any of the repeating lines your original showed, so I think this is a good choice for this image. Do the work on the raw file to reduce artifacts from the scaling. In some cases, I will do two smaller scales, to get the full amount of new canvas I am after.

Randy

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Thank you for the details. I think I did not use the content aware to stretch that select. I copied canvas using rectangular marque tool and then tried to clone at the edges.

Thanks you for the info.