Female Anhinga Close Up III
SonyA700~Sony70-400G@400mm~ISO640~F6.3~1/1000 sec~manual exposure~Hand Held~1-1-2010~Houston, Texas~CS4/ Redfield Fractalius
Just one more. I've been taking pictures of this bird for over a year (she hangs around a small local lake), and although very skittish for months, I now can approach to minimum focus distance. I think she knows me!:)
comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill
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Posted 2009 BPN
Another beautiful image, Bill! I cloned out the white sticks in the BG as I found them to be distracting (selected BG, used eye dropper to find blue sky color, switched to a soft brush and painted on the blue over the white.)
I also brought down the brightness of the pink area a bit just to see what it would look like. Not sure if it's really better - I just felt the mouth was a bit bright.
These images of yours are so incredible. You've built a couple of beautiful galleries with it!
Bill, Nice looking pose and details. I like the filter effect as always. Jules has a good idea w/ the removal of the white lines in the BG.:)
Great image, Bill. I noticed the OOF areas in the BG too, so the repost by Jules makes it look better, IMO.:)
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Nice image and application, Bill.
Minor cloning of repost solved only issue.
Nice image, repost works....nice effect...TFS
Love the open mouth and I think the repost looks great.
Another superb image, Bill. And Julie's repost has I think made it even better:)
Love the pose in this one, Bill! Excellent details on the bird, and Jule's repost made it perfect. :)
Appreciate the feedback as usual. Good point Julie, about the background which I noticed as well when working on the image. I felt it subdued enough, but as you have skillfully demonstrated, a sold light blue is better. Thanks! regards~Bill
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