I am not a fan of high key and every time I try to get such an image I do not like it...until now.
I took this image on a very foggy morning in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
Canon 1DX 600mm and 1.4x
ISO 1600 SS 1/640 F 5.6
Small crop (~ 85% FF), nothing added or cloned and processed in Classic LR CC then off to Photoshop CC for levels and some NR and sharpening.
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail
Last edited by Daniel Cadieux; 09-02-2018 at 03:51 PM.
I often like high-key, and I certainly like this one. The area of color above the bird is a bit distracting, and might be toned down some (but not eliminated). I love the dynamic pose.
I'm a fan of well done high key images, and I love creating them myself. This one looks good overall, but that large dark BG element skimming the top of the head was rather unfortunate. The walking pose is good, as are the details and composition.
Thanks for the good critiques Bill and Daniel.
I guess this is not as nice as I thought! I personally love the yellow band across the top but accept that this is not to everyone's taste!
Gail
Love the high key look and the raised foot and the loverly juvie LYL. Everyone above identified the big problem --the brown area right above the head. I do like the stuff by the bird's feet however.
with love, artie
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I redid this image and cloned out the kelp around the head and dodged the remaining kelp. (but I still like the OP!)
PS. I noticed that I put theme in front of this post but that is an error. Not really a white bird!
Last edited by gail bisson; 09-02-2018 at 09:35 AM.