Fun at Gatorland Mini IPT

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi All,

I took this image at Gatorland Mini IPT with Artie. It was a wonderful experience to learn from Artie. I got some good Images.

This is was taken on the first day. I absolutely love patch of skin on its face which turns neon green, in Breeding Plumage.



Nikon D500, 500 mm f/4 + 1.4x TCII
ISO 640, f/6.3, 1/6400 sec

Minimal Post Processing
Noise reduction - Neat Image
Detail Extractor - Nik Color effect Pro
Removed few distracting background elements.

Let me know your comments and critiques.

Thanks
Krishna

[John Mack]

Very nice sharp image like the green around the eye as well.

[Isaac Grant]

Like the close up of the bird. I have a bunch of pics just like this from a visit there a couple weeks ago. The green patch around the eye is great. Works very well with the beautiful green background. When I went the birds were posing on the boardwalk near a very dark area so I basically have this shot against a black background.

My only thought is that you perhaps used the detail extractor at too high of a percentage. The feathers look a little over sharpened to me. On a shot like this I would typically use the DE at 25% opacity and then maybe smart sharpen at .5 and 100-110%. Could you let us know how it was processed?

[stuart wanuck]

super well done and sharp capture

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Thank you for the comments.


Hi Issac,

Below are my values for the Post Processing

1.) Details Extractor - 50% opacity
2.) Sharpening - Photoshop cc - Smart Sharpen - Values 125 at 0.5

Thanks
Krishna

[Bill Dix]

A lovely shot, nicely composed. Nice and sharp with good details. If the DE was overdone it wasn't by much, as I see it on my screen

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice shot Krishna, love the HA and the Bg, sharp. The plumage is overdone and looks a bit unnatural to my eye . you really don't need any of these fancy filters etc. a great image will look great and natural without any post filters, if you still like to use these filter try very gentle settings as Issac suggested

TFS

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Thank you for the feedback

[Doug Brown]

Excellent detail in the photo Krishna! As pointed out earlier the plumage looks over sharpened. I also think the whites are underexposed and appear gray as a result. I'd brighten them up to make them look white.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Thank you for the feedback.

I reduced the contrast and increase the brightness. I also though the whites are little too hot

I always check the whites using Digital Color Meter from Mac

Previous Values:-
R - 237
G - 229
B - 229

Current Values:-
R - 235
G - 232
B - 233


Posting the image after these changes.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for taking the time to reprocess the image Krishna. But the whites are still gray. I'm not sure where you're measuring your whites, but I am getting much lower values throughout much of the bird's white plumage. Here is a reprocessed version where the grays are eliminated but the details in the whites are preserved. I'd be interested in your opinion of my repost.