This is my first green heron. Surprisingly, I found him at a nearby park yesterday morning.The image is cropped and tweaked a bit. I think areas on its back, belly and upper neck look smudged, but I did not touch them in PP. Perhaps the bird is a juvenile, or very fine feathers in those areas is the species natural state? I took many exposures and all of them look the same in that regard.
Congratulations on your first green heron and a classic pose this is. It seems very contrasty and noisy(maybe from the crop?) and the bird kind of gets lost in the bg. Were you able to capture it with a catch?
Hi Wendell Something going on with the processing Bird looks strange and the entire image seems flat? As presented would have more room particularly at the bottom, water looks good !!!
Looking a little contrasty on my screen - could just be my screen - interesting to see what others say. Maybe teh 2X converter is hurting the quality a little here along with the crop if it is a large crop.
Histogram is showing some of the blocking on the LHS (Particularly in the green/red channel) and some clipping on the RHS.
Hope you get more chances with this guy.
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Did you shoot the image in RAW? Just some minor tweeking to the original would do the trick (levels, a bit of saturation and a littl sharpening). Try not to overdo your photoshop adjustments.
I understand why you removed the ball but I think including it presents a strong statement on the problems we have with debris in our lakes and streams. If you have an environmental commission in your town, they may be able to use this photo for a river/litter clean up campaign.
Thanks for posting the out of camera !!! Just set the black point in levels, went to selective color and added black to the neutral and black channel, then a slight contrast boost with curves. Very little work !!!
Hi Wendell,
Congratulations on your first one, its a mighty fine lad...:D I agree with the techs. and the advise given...I worked the image and did a few minor adjustments to bring out the color and details. I adjusted the mid-tones and black point and selective sharpened the eye a tad and portions of the heathers, also ran noise reduction. See if you like this...:cool:
David: Yes, it is shot in RAW. The scene is a small park that has a small lake with an island in its middle. There are lots of birds, particularly ducks, and the place gets messy. But it is cleaned regularly; I caught it on an off (not typical) day.
Alfred: Thanks for your correction -- improvement with little effort. I simply did "too much." I'll try to duplicate yours.
Gus: I like it! Your "minor adjustments" point me in the right direction. I am consistently amazed how I miss the mark. I'm sure I need some PP practice/instruction. BTW, this is the second time you have mentioned "selectively sharpened" feathers on an image of mine. What exactly do you mean by this?
What's down there? (green heron)
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