I had to work on this one a bit, the light was dark, overcast, showers. Mostly a grab shot, I caught them landing in my peripheral vision, turned and captured a burst as the bird landed. Image captured along Blackpoint Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Merritt Island, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF, Handheld
1/3200 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1000 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation and to eliminate other birds
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 02-05-2022 at 01:02 PM.
Joe Przybyla
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Nice landing pose with unfortunately boring light. I am guessing that a bird was removed from the LRC as there is some tell-tale stuff going on there.
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Nice landing pose with unfortunately boring light. I am guessing that a bird was removed from the LRC as there is some tell-tale stuff going on there.
with love, artie
Hi Artie, thank you for viewing and commenting. Yup, lower right hand corner another spoonbill. I tried, almost impossible to match up the ripples but I have not given up yet.
Joe Przybyla
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Replacing texture wavy water is nearly impossible :)
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I like it, I would be tempted to give the Spoonbill a bit of a boost, much in the same way it was suggested to me with a Whooper swan a short while ago. Regarding the water I appreciate it is difficult but maybe content aware would help there.
Hi Joe, a tad more above would be nice and a small RGB Curves with a Mode selection adds a nice pop to the subject, but as Artie pointed out, the manipulation of the water is a killer sadly. Even with the raw and various selections and a small amount then of Gaussian Blur, it would be noticeable, so either leave the subject in, or discount the image. However... without seeing the element that needs to be removed, it might be possible Joe, here you just didn't execute it well sadly.
Regarding the water I appreciate it is difficult but maybe content aware would help there.
Jon, try it on the JPEG... there might be other ways.., however you need to see the original I feel.
TFS
Steve
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Hi Joe, a tad more above would be nice and a small RGB Curves with a Mode selection adds a nice pop to the subject, but as Artie pointed out, the manipulation of the water is a killer sadly. Even with the raw and various selections and a small amount then of Gaussian Blur, it would be noticeable, so either leave the subject in, or discount the image. However... without seeing the element that needs to be removed, it might be possible Joe, here you just didn't execute it well sadly.
Jon, try it on the JPEG... there might be other ways.., however you need to see the original I feel.
TFS
Steve
Hi Steve, I tried every way I know, fill with content aware, patch trying to find a area that would match, spot removal with content aware, etc.. Just too hard a pattern to match, the ripples are so difficult. The object I tried to remove was another out of focus spoonbill with the head and neck cut off by the edge of the frame. Not disappointed to delete, the light at that time was terrible. Thanks for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Hi Joe ... nicely captured landing pose .
The flat light helped to control the overall exposure and the contrast is not too high , resulting I good details across the tonal range .
I would try to place the subject more to the RHS as viewed ...