Originally Posted by
Isaac Grant
Beautiful pose, beautiful light, beautifully sharp. Really great image Ann. I love this one. Ideally the rear wing would be slightly more raised but otherwise this is just about perfect in my book. You've got some really great ducks in flight images. Congrats. I do think the whole image is too orange, including the bird. I know we all dream of shooting in that sweet light, but I think it is too strong. Did some quick global adjustments and to me a Pintail in perfect light should look more like this. Gray and white with some warmth to the plumage surrounded by a beautiful warm background. I know others may disagree re reducing the yellows and red, but I really do think that in these situations that there is too strong of a cast on the bird and it has to be reduced. I am sure others disagree. I also brightened the image .13. You would have to go to the raw to get the whites perfect while importing so I did not bother getting them spot on but this is pretty close. My repost is on top.