This is one from the vault. I redid the edit trying to work on giving the goose more room to fly into and tried to get the colour and contrast close to what I thought it should be.
Meant to preview it first! Anyways I had to clone out a duck. And did a black and white point adjustment on the goose. Plus a lot of other tweaks to it.
Suggestions appreciated.
20D
ISO 400
f5.6
AV mode 0EV
1/1000s
100-300 mm @ 242
Last edited by Jackie Schuknecht; 09-18-2008 at 04:01 PM.
Reason: Pushed the Wrong Button!
I like the reasoning for all the work and does show !!! Downloaded the goose and did some tweaking. Not much different you did very well. Perhaps the little extra contrast helped (really little)
I like the vertical framing for this image, just perfect for the raised wings. Room for the bird to fly into, open beak calling and the splashing !!! A slight more room at the top would be helpful ! Really good I like this image a lot !!!! Big Congrats !!!
I upped the saturation quite a bit. I should have had proof set up set to Windows RGB instead of custom. (View/Proof Setup/Windows RGB) and it would have given me a more accurate idea of what the picture would look like when posting.:) If I increased the contrast it started to peg the black and whites at the edges of the histogram so that was all I did to it. And yes you can hear them honking!
Not sure Lance, I shot the goose standing up on a pier. The lens had no IS and was hand held. You would probably know better than me, or Harold who is the head of the horizon angle police (and he didn't mention anything):)
Hi Lady Jackie,
I like your composition, image and capture. Great action here. I like the colors and hues of the original post. I would take a tad from the bottom, and add canvas to the top to give him more room for the wing tips...congrats on a job well done...:):cool:
Yep, the colors in the original are better. Those Canada geese can be really aggressive. Agree with Gus on cropping a bit off the bottom and would be better with more room at the top. Good capture !
Hi Jackie: Love your capture of our Canuck namesake. Just my opinion, but I like the bottom cut off because it shows the agressiveness and behaviour of your subject, also like your original color. Added a tad to the top. Here's my version of what I was thinking . . . Uncle Gus :D
For what it's worth, I redid the photo taking in all the suggestions. Sorry it took so long but work full time and only have time on the weekends:) to edit etc., etc., etc............... (and there is a lot of etc)
Behaviour/Canada Goose
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