Mute Swan
Here is another pictures of a mute Swan.
The picture isnīt perfect...:(
I know that the photo is too dark, but I think that the photo with the dark colours looks a little nicer.
Greetings from Germany
Date/Time: 31.12.2008 12:03
ISO 100
1/1600
Canon EOS 400D Digital
Tamron 70-300mm
with Tripod
f/4.5
Last edited by titus.ebbecke; 01-01-2009 at 12:01 PM.
Hi Titus,
Can you post your camera and specs for the photo?
Hi titus,
I like the composition, but like you say the image is under exposed. you were at ISO 100, you need to open up the sensitivity, and start at perhaps an ISO of 320 and above...the capture angle is too steep and the details on the face and neck area is too dark. the head angle is off. and there is a piece of perhaps another swan or bird on the lower right hand side of the frame that needs to be cloned out. were you using aperture priority? and what exposure EV were you using?:cool:
Hi Titus, Nice photo. The swanns are a very pretty bird and breaking through the ice would be really good. One possible suggestion to get a little lower and perhaps make framing a bit easier would be to just hand hold the camera. It looks like the ss would have helped with a little bit of camera shake. Dave
I do agree some images can look good darker but don't feel this is one of them At least the color of the swam should be somewhat lighter. You can keep the overall mood on the darker side which is fine.
btw the best option for these is to expose properly in camera making sure you have data on the last box to the right and then adjust in PS to your taste !!!
Would also suggest having more room around the bird and giving also more room up front. Looks centered as presented. Looking forward to more swans !!!
One way you might make the darkened motif more effective is to brighten the subject a little (and selectively -- more toward the front in this rendition), and darken the background even more (also selectively). Limitless variations possible, of course. My aim in this edit was to bring out the graceful form of the neck more clearly as the center of interest.
David, Are you adding a spot light effect as well?
Well, it's that sort of effect, more like a light that is flagged so it falls off toward the rear of the bird. But I didn't use lighting effects in PS, just levels and curves adjustment layers (and hue/sat to darken). Here's the stack:Originally Posted by denise ippolito
David, Thankyou for the helpful tip!! I hope to use this in the future where needed!!!
Great idea, I'm going to try it out. Thanks, David.
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