What did you bring?

[wendell westfall]

D70s 70-200VR@90 1/1250 f/9.0 ISO200 0EV handheld

I took this unposed picture a couple years ago at a local park. The girl turned out to be a regular there who most weekdays brought food for this goose particularly, and for other birds as well. I've always liked the concept I captured. But this was before I knew much about digital photography, ignorant of ISO and EV, for example. Well, the image out of the camera is awful . . . and the water in particular looks terrible. I masked and changed the water in PSE in an effort to improve things (and did lots of NR on it). Did I come close to making this "charming" scene acceptable?

Wendell

[Jeroen Wijnands]

Colors are still weird, the composition is very nice though.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

I am on work monitor but did you change white balance or color temp? I might set everything to default and AWB and reprocess, let's see what others think. Love the simplicity of the moment.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Wendell - colours look a little weird to me as well.

[David Thomasson]

I love it! The goose is obviously waiting with great patience and dignity for his handout. I can just hear him gently clearing
his throat as a polite reminder to his benefactor to hand it over. :D

Looks like a green cast. Here's a shot at adjusting ...

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Wendell The image itself is well composed and very cute !! David's repost is perfect ... man you can work some magic :)

I like how you got both in close to the same plane for dof !! Good interaction and timing !!!

[wendell westfall]

David, David, David, I hope you're not tired of being praised for your PP skills. Thanks!
And my thanks to all of you "critiquers"; would you believe I saw no problem with the color until you pointed it out for me . . .

[David Thomasson]

David, David, David, I hope you're not tired of being praised for your PP skills. Thanks!

Thank you, Wendell. No applause; just throw silver! :p

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Dave, what did you do, it looks better?

[David Thomasson]

Dave, what did you do, it looks better?

Thank you. Here's my layer stack. Curves for overall color; that took care of the color cast. Then selective color applied only
to the grass, to darken and enhance greens a tad. The other selective color layer tweaked the water a little, taking out more
of the green reflections.

[Richard Waas]

Wendall great capture and David you never cease to amaze me and you do it with such ease. The two of you came up with a very nice image!!

[David Thomasson]

Wendall great capture and David you never cease to amaze me and you do it with such ease. The two of you came up with a very nice image!!

Thanks, Richard. I appreciate it.

[wendell westfall]

Richard thanks, and I can't think of anyone I'd rather have clean up after me . . .