Cormorants were plentiful at a local jetty today. This was taken just before sunset. Basic adjustments in camera raw and PS. Cheers.
D500/500PF, 1/3200th sec@5.6, iso640, HH.
Pied Cormorant
Cormorants were plentiful at a local jetty today. This was taken just before sunset. Basic adjustments in camera raw and PS. Cheers.
D500/500PF, 1/3200th sec@5.6, iso640, HH.
Hi Paul, similar but different than the Cormorants here. Sharp, nice wing position, the darks/blacks look a little heavy but that could be the differences in our screens. I like the hint of clouds in the background. Thank you for sharing.
Joe Przybyla
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Hi Paul nice cormorant in flight ... I do like the sky and the flight pose .
Colors look good as does the sharpness .
Blacks are clipped and too heavy for me .... regardless of the screen, check the histogram .
A faint dark halo ( very wide ) is present around the bird , wonder what caused the halo
Still a nice shot
TFS Andreas
Thanks Joseph and Andreas.
Andreas: I did see the halo on the full size image and removed as much as I could before resizing for this forum. I don't see it on the full size image on my monitor, but I do see it here. (and yes, I do know what caused it) I do like the blacks on the wing but do see the clipped section below the neck on the right...will take another look and re process. Cheers.
Last edited by Paul Burdett; 09-07-2022 at 06:36 PM.
Re-post
I re-processed the image by fixing the clipped blacks and only applied selective n/r and sharpening to the bird but not near the edges. There is no halo at all on the full size image, but interestingly I do see some faint halos at different places here...not sure why. Resizing for the forum involves the following in Photoshop: mode change from 16 bit to 8 bit, image size to 1900px wide, rgb to srgb and exporting to jpg using "preserve details 2.0". Thoughts?
Last edited by Paul Burdett; 09-07-2022 at 07:08 PM.
Yes, pulling up those blacks was an important tweak here! That one white "fluffy" feather on the far wing does pull my eye there, and removing it would be a good option IMO. I love the faint clouds in the BG. I've never used that resizing method so I cannot comment on that...
Thanks Daniel. I was ok with the fluffy feather until you pointed it out...lol
Excellent image and excellent repost.
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