Here is an Ahinga I found on the west coast.
50D, 500f/4 + 1.4TC, 1/190 at f/7.1, Manual Mode, Spot Metered. ISO 400, Raw, Tripod, Cropped for Comp and I cloned out one branch.
Here is an Ahinga I found on the west coast.
50D, 500f/4 + 1.4TC, 1/190 at f/7.1, Manual Mode, Spot Metered. ISO 400, Raw, Tripod, Cropped for Comp and I cloned out one branch.
Don Lacy
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Quite a beautiful image, and I love the perch. I'm not used to seeing such a blue cast on the plumage of this species. I took the liberty in getting the blues out of there. Selected the wings, body, and tail (did not touch the head as I wanted to keep the blue around the eye intact). Desaturated the cyan channel completely, and the blue channel about 20 points. Hope you like!
Daniel, Thank you for the kind comment and taking the time to repost my image, as I was unsure if the blue was a color cast or a natural sheen from the light angle I left it in. Would be interested in what others think.
Don Lacy
You don't take a photograph, you make it - Ansel Adams
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs - Ansel Adams
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Do you think that the blue cast on these glossy black feathers can be the natural result of the reflection of blue sky? I'm curious also as to what others think. I'm leaning to the original post being more natural personally.
This is an attractive image, I think Daniel did a good job removing the cast - which is one of those anomalies when editing - the more you look - the less you see it.
Great pose, and detail captured in this. Im not familiar with the species, so cant comment on the colour. However, we have a similar species which we call a darter. They do not have a blue colour on their tail, its more of a black/brown colour.