going through some old files and found this one taken last december on tigertail beach. i processed it and something doesnt quite seem right. it seems under yet if i try to go lighter i blow the whites. any ideas?
D300, bigma at 500mm, f/6.3, 1/640s, -0.3EV, ISO 400.
i had to recover a few blown highlights and i cleaned up the foreground and background a little.
thanks for looking. comments and critiques much appreciated!
Hi Harold. In Levels, did you try moving the center pointer to the left? Not very sophisticated, probably you already looked at that. I found the same thing as you did - as soon as you move the white point, it clips the whites. Nice composition, good detail. Might try sharpening a bit more.
Cheers
Gail
Last edited by Gail Spitler; 12-13-2009 at 03:52 PM.
Hi Harold - I kept thinking about this image. I am not sure which plover it is: either Black-bellied or Amer. Golden. Either way the streaking etc is more black or gray than brown. So I tried changing the temp, cooling the image down just a bit. That darkened the sand and lightened the bird. Seemed to help. A wee tighter crop did help. Obviously I like the image and think it is well worth the effort
Cheers
Gail
Last edited by Gail Spitler; 12-14-2009 at 11:11 AM.
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