Hand held image, cropped and a couple of distractions removed. The background is sand.
OM-1 300mm f4 & MC 14
ISO 1250, +0.7, 1/2500sec, f5.6
ACR/PSCC
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Hand held image, cropped and a couple of distractions removed. The background is sand.
OM-1 300mm f4 & MC 14
ISO 1250, +0.7, 1/2500sec, f5.6
ACR/PSCC
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Very simple, but affective Jon, the rich, darks of the Crow juxtapose to the sand works, a killer backdrop. The blades of grasses/shrubbery stems are different, albeit one has 'essence of crow' in it from cloning. Yes, the tail is clipped and in the face you could tweak it, but I think you did remarkably well in retaining the depth of detail in the overall plumage, nice sheen it and the slight hint of blue also works too. Just wonder if there is another alternative to the crop????
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TFS
Steve
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Thanks for clarifying it Jon, easier when you can talk, but it does look odd, as you say... perhaps fire damage, but only that blade???? BTW don't forget to tweak the Red Channel.I am not seeing any issues with cloning Steve.![]()
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Hi Jon ... looks very nice to me , you did a great job in the subject regarding tones, colors and sharpness / details .
Personally i would prefer a slightly " mottled " BG , but that is just me . Would not see it as a shortcomoing or issue.
Nicely processed and the head turn is taking this up a notch .
TFS Andreas
Ooohh, I like this lots! Unusual perch for a crow, and it works really well. Nice light, BG, details, perfect head angle. I'd probably remove the bright very thin twig pointing up and almost touching the tail - for some reason my eye keeps going to it. But overall a very appealing image here Jon!
Thanks everyone, glad you liked it.
Andreas, I don't like the bland/featureless background either, a hint of ripples in the sand would have been good.
Last edited by Jonathan Ashton; 12-23-2022 at 11:29 AM.
Hi Jon, nice work. Wonderful image of a crow, as Dan wrote quite a unusual perch for a crow. All looks good to me, thank you for sharing.
Joe Przybyla
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