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    Snowy Egret from a morning at the rookery in Gatorland, Orlando, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    Great shot Joe. This might be my favorite.

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    Nice detail and BG color..
    Head, neck and shoulder look great.
    A little hot at the bottom, I might crop a tad.
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    Love the pose and the BG makes the snowy pop off the page.
    I think the whites are a bit grayed out, especially around the face. But the fine details are there and I would redo with new processing on the whites.
    Did you try going to selective color in PS CC and choosing "whites" and then reduce the blacks in the whites?
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    Quote Originally Posted by gail bisson View Post
    Love the pose and the BG makes the snowy pop off the page.
    I think the whites are a bit grayed out, especially around the face. But the fine details are there and I would redo with new processing on the whites.
    Did you try going to selective color in PS CC and choosing "whites" and then reduce the blacks in the whites?
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    Hi Gail, took your suggestion and revisited the image. Here is repost of another way the image can be processed.
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    How did you do that? Change the BG to black that is? I still see some green bleeding into the white crest feathers but still pretty neat!!
    Gail

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    Quote Originally Posted by gail bisson View Post
    How did you do that? Change the BG to black that is? I still see some green bleeding into the white crest feathers but still pretty neat!!
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    Hi Gail, all with the sliders and tone curve in Lightroom. You are right regarding the green bleeding, the black background sets it off. So I worked up another deciding I did not like the black background. Turning the background black caused the bleeding. Here is the new workup.
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    Pretty nice portrait. Like the one with the black background the most.

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    I like the pose, ruffled feathers and the whites in the repost look better to me. Nice image Joe.

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    Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.
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