SonyA700~Sony70-400G@330mm~ISO1250~F5.6~1/125 sec~manual exposure~HH~very overcast~1-23-2010~Brazos Bend State Park, Texas~CS4
Gaussain blur applied to background.
comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill
SonyA700~Sony70-400G@330mm~ISO1250~F5.6~1/125 sec~manual exposure~HH~very overcast~1-23-2010~Brazos Bend State Park, Texas~CS4
Gaussain blur applied to background.
comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill
William, This looks very sharp and the pose is great w/ the raised foot. I would maybe add a bit more contrast to the image.
Cool pose, good sharpness, head angle and BG. I find it a bit tight in the frame and it could go a bit darker for my taste, maybe by adjusting the midtones and toning down the highlights on the bill.
I love the bird and pose, very nice. Other than above I think you have panning
in the BG from the blur. I'd back-up a bit on the blur radius.
Very nice.
I love the feet on these guys Bill. They just look so obscenely huge compared to the bird. Nature is amazing at adapting to the needs of the animal. I really like the pose and the HA. I agree with toning down the image especially around the beak.
I love coots. You got the perfect pose. Small tweaks in the exposure as suggested above will help a lot. Having worked on many coot RAW files recently, I dont think it will be too difficult to achieve.
Lovely looking pose and nice details on the bird. As mentioned above a few tweeks. Very nice. Dave
Great suggestions! Indeed increasing contrast is generally a good idea for images shot under very soft lighting, and I did it here, but a bit too conservatively I agree.
LLija: I'm not sure what "panning" in the blurred background means? Posterization?
Thanks guys. Bill
You know, I think it looks really nice like this with the low contrast. At least on my display. Very gentle light - easy on the eyes. The colors look pastel like in a good way. I like the dark to bright gradient of the background from the bottom to the top, too.
Anyway, to me it looks great. I can see everything clearly