I was paddling probably at high noon, once again, not great light for shooting on water (you'd think I'd learn). It was a coolish day and the turtles were out in great force.
Taken in 2007 with my old Canon Rebel XTi with a 75-300mm at f/9.0, 1/200, ISO 400 (mistake), and, I must have had it on auto, because obviously my flash fired. This lens came with the camera, and again, shot from a kayak. One wonders if I shoot from anywhere else.
I'm particularly interested in suggestions for adjustments to lighting . . . I tried using Bridge's tools, as well as Photoshop. I have not ventured into layers yet, still learning. Attachment 74560
Hi Sandra - IMHO the reflection is not really adding anything to the image - not quite strong enough. I would crop it out and include a little more space up top if available.
Might try and tone down the bright flash reflection? spots on the shell.
What were you wanting to adjust in particular - lighting??
Hi Sandra, good suggestions by Lance. Glad to see you left more space in front of the turtle. Even though the flash gave you some bright areas(which should be toned down) it gave more light to other areas which might have been very dark.
Lighting strength and direction are major factors in successful image creation so taking images at noon under harsh light is not adviseable...
Thanks for the suggestions. . . Let me work on this a little bit. This is actually full frame, not cropped at all--so unfortunately there's not any more room to work with. I agree about the flash, in retrospect, it lit up the log under the turtle that added depth to the image.
Processing, I was trying to adjust the hot spot (after the fact). DMills picked up on it--by suggesting that High Noon ain't the best time ;-) I knew that, but it was so adorable sitting there . . . . it's hard not to try when I don't pay for the film processing.
hey Sandra - beautiful turtle, and I love the idea of roaming in your kayak, taking pics. look forward to seeing the results of your macro workshop - that sounds awesome. thank you for your kind welcome!
you mentioned that you have photoshop - have you ever tried using it to build extra canvas at the top? - if you go into image / canvas size, anchor the image in the bottom center, and then give an extra half inch to height - you can use the clone tool (for instance) to clone that nice blurry top background up into the new space....
I'd never heard about doing that? Thanks for the tip, I will try to do that, perhaps on another image that has fewer burned out areas! Thank you so much!
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