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Ah, a dirty NYC bird :) I know what you were going for but the bird is too far forward in the frame. EXP and SH very good but the face is ugly. In a perfect world the near wing would have been fully raised.
with love, artie
ps: my bad -- I was not viewing the full frame :(
Last edited by Arthur Morris; 09-04-2018 at 03:36 PM.
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Like the dynamic pose on this concentrating egret,lovely image.
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Arthur Morris
Ah, a dirty NYC bird :) I know what you were going for but the bird is too far forward in the frame. EXP and SH very good but the face is ugly. In a perfect world the near wing would have been fully raised.
with love, artie
ps: my bad -- I was not viewing the full frame :(
I guess that's what he gets from sticking his face into your favorite pond.
I agree about the near wing.
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Far wing looks great near wing so-so. Raised foot and bent ankle add a lot here. Good whites!
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Great shot. The wing angle has increased the photo's beauty. The detail looks fine.
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Thanks Isaac. Your repost adjustments make the whites look nice. I'm not sure about the green. This was 4 years ago, and I don't recall what I did in post other than clone out a few oof swan feathers. I doubt that I did any color adjustment. I do recall a sense of elation at having put myself at the right place and time on that lovely morning. The greens of the pond were indeed very green; I went back and looked at other RAW files from that morning and many of them - some of my favorites - were even more green than this.
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Easy fix one way or the other. I usually don't trust sensors when it comes to greens and yellows. But I know my opinion differs from others. Doing a global adjustment to reduce the yellow/green tint reduces the green in the water color but again not sure what was accurate. Anyway, always nice to have a bit of a different perspective and then you chose whatever works best for you.
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Nice image Bill. I like the pose and the whites look really nice to me. Well done
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