I captured this image at Ft. DeSoto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 360 Auto WB, image captured at 400mm (600mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed using Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2023 and Topaz Denoise AI, removed a couple muddy looking wavelets from the background
Cropped for composition and presentation
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 12-27-2022 at 01:01 PM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Image looks pretty sound to me in terms of composition and detail. Sorry I cannot offer an opinion on the plumage I have not seen this bird before. Apart from the belly it seems to resemble the Grey plover, if so I wondering if the blacks are deep enough??
Image looks pretty sound to me in terms of composition and detail. Sorry I cannot offer an opinion on the plumage I have not seen this bird before. Apart from the belly it seems to resemble the Grey plover, if so I wondering if the blacks are deep enough??
Hi Jon, thank you for viewing and commenting. I had a couple small areas in the blacks that began to clip so I left the blacks as they were.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Your positioning of the subject is nice. The gradient effect of blues to the specular enriched tans is quite pretty.
Good amount of detail on the subject (one I've not seen before) and it's at a great angle to the lens.
I felt like the subject was maybe a bit flat, able to use a bump in exposure. Checking in PS it appears whites are all 233 and below, leaving me to believe you exposed the water very well but the subject is a touch dark.
Take a look at boosting him a bit and maybe tossing a left hook to the mids for a little oomph.
One of the nicer canvases you've posted in a while IMO. TFS.
Image looks pretty sound to me in terms of composition and detail. Sorry I cannot offer an opinion on the plumage I have not seen this bird before. Apart from the belly it seems to resemble the Grey plover, if so I wondering if the blacks are deep enough??
Black-bellied Plover in New World = Grey Plover in Old World. Both are Pluvialis squatarola.
Your positioning of the subject is nice. The gradient effect of blues to the specular enriched tans is quite pretty.
Good amount of detail on the subject (one I've not seen before) and it's at a great angle to the lens.
I felt like the subject was maybe a bit flat, able to use a bump in exposure. Checking in PS it appears whites are all 233 and below, leaving me to believe you exposed the water very well but the subject is a touch dark.
Take a look at boosting him a bit and maybe tossing a left hook to the mids for a little oomph.
One of the nicer canvases you've posted in a while IMO. TFS.
Hi Brian, thank you for viewing and commenting. I will go back to the image using your suggestions, I appreciated your input to improve the image.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
In like the framing of the subject, the good eye contact and pose from the bird! I agree with others about the blacks and exposure, but still a very nice image Joe. Well done
Hi Joe ... nice frame with a pleasing composition .
A lot of suggestions above .... so will not add more .
Just one thing , bumping the blacks will kill details .... if something could be pushed , it is the 3/4 tones . Well from my POV . But this needs to be done in PS ....
I might look at loosing the hint of shadow Joe, for me it doesn't add much, so either crop, or clone if its too tight at the foot.
Just one thing , bumping the blacks will kill details .... if something could be pushed , it is the 3/4 tones . Well from my POV . But this needs to be done in PS ....
Correct Andreas.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Hi Joe ... nice frame with a pleasing composition .
A lot of suggestions above .... so will not add more .
Just one thing , bumping the blacks will kill details .... if something could be pushed , it is the 3/4 tones . Well from my POV . But this needs to be done in PS ....
TFS Andreas
Hi Andreas, thank you for viewing and commenting. To pick your brain, to learn how... how would you push the 3/4 tones in PS?
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Hi Joe .... base of my suggestion is the knowledge of luminosity masks and their use in combo with adjustment layers and / or channel blending with blend modes .
In practical .... one has to select the tonal range you want to edit ( i.e. 3/4 tones) via the one of the RGB channels . The easiest way to do that is a panel for photoshop that is numerously floating around the web , get it install it .... and you can start with tonal selections of your choice !!!
Once you have your selection done via that panel , add it as a layer mask to a pixel or adjustment layer to restrict your edit to the selected tonal range . You can darken , lighten , add more tone , color or contrast . And you can even select the intensity via opacity of that layer . Does sound complicated but it is not !!!
Or, if you don’t want the expense then within PS, Calculates/Subtractions, again with channels is the way. But it’s time consuming and you REALLY, need to know what you are doing, but it’s the original way to make this masks IMHO.
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.
Hi Joe .... base of my suggestion is the knowledge of luminosity masks and their use in combo with adjustment layers and / or channel blending with blend modes .
In practical .... one has to select the tonal range you want to edit ( i.e. 3/4 tones) via the one of the RGB channels . The easiest way to do that is a panel for photoshop that is numerously floating around the web , get it install it .... and you can start with tonal selections of your choice !!!
Once you have your selection done via that panel , add it as a layer mask to a pixel or adjustment layer to restrict your edit to the selected tonal range . You can darken , lighten , add more tone , color or contrast . And you can even select the intensity via opacity of that layer . Does sound complicated but it is not !!!
Or, if you don’t want the expense then within PS, Calculates/Subtractions, again with channels is the way. But it’s time consuming and you REALLY, need to know what you are doing, but it’s the original way to make this masks IMHO.
Thanks Steve, much appreciated.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams