SonyA700~Sony70-400G@330mm~ISO1000~F8~1/1600sec~manual exposure~Hand Held~3-14-2010~Brazos Bend State Park, Texas~CS4/
Does this appear to be oversharpened?
comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill
Hi Bill - on my screen - it does appear just a tad oversharp - In some places. Mainly the mid neck area.
Like the pose and included habitat - the prey is a bonus - maybe a touch of lightening on the prey???
Good show :)
Hi Bill does look just a bit over.
Agree with Lance on toning down, image looks bright and wouldn't mind if you had a little more room. Way cool having the bird catch a shrimp !!!!
Hey--Ya know I think this is quite an awesome shot! I mean you have a great subject in a nice environment, with prey we can see, an interesting body posture with the twist, leg up, head turned towards us, feathers raised. Really love the sweet green plants up front--they are so fresh looking and the way that then layers into the bg brown dried reeds. Did any of this image burn out on you? What you have to do is figure a way to bring down the tones and increase contrast maybe. All in all it's washed out from the hot light. Bringing back some rich color would do the job. This ones worth teaking with IMO!
Appreciate the feedback. Paul, there was some clipping in the reeds, which was easily fixed with recovery in ACR. Other than that, the exposure pretty good considering it was harsher light than I would have liked. Reducing exposure in post processing, as opposed to increasing exposure, should cause no problems. Overall, I think reduction of brightness(which should darken the reeds), less sharpening, and selectively brightening up the crawfish, should take care of the image. Thanks guys. regards~Bill
Last edited by WIlliam Maroldo; 03-20-2010 at 11:27 PM.
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