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White-fronted Tern
I've been going through my New Zealand shots from early last year and thought I'd give this one a go. Not an ideal flight shot since the bird is flying away but I liked the atmosphere and effect of the pale grey water, soft light and almost monochrome looks of this as well as the nice sharpness on the bird. I've had to do a little work on the head (dark bits) to create some separation for the eye which almost blended in. Very little cropping to achieve this.
Thank you for looking and for any comments you are kind enough to share.
Technical: Canon 80D with EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM at 400mm handheld. Manual exposure 1/2000 sec, f7.1, ISO 800. Processed in Canon DPP 4 (digital lens optimiser @ 50, sharpness = 3, crop, lighting adjustments, NR) then exported 16 bit TIFF to Photoshop Elements with Neat Image NR plugin. Modest NR to bird and stronger NR to background. Bird only sharpened in PSE (Sharpness tool, remove Gaussian Blur: 0.6 pixels at 50%) after final size reduction.
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Macro and Flora Moderator
What a beauty Glenn great pose and I like the creamy sky. Exposure looks spot on.
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I really like the color palette of this image. Sharpness and exposure on the bird look good. My only wish if mine (as you already mentioned) would be that the bird was not flying away. Any images before this one? Thank you for sharing, Glenn.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
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Great shot Glenn. Good exposure and great detail.
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Looking good Glenn. Lovely colours throughout with nice detail on the bird. Well exposed. Oh how I wish it wasn't flying away, and for a better HA.
Will
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