Rosette spoonbill's landing
This picture basically was made in the camera, with selective selective burning utilizing Tim Grey's methodology to bring note a portion of the bird that the whites around the head were clipped. The histogram was pushed almost completely to the right. The image was cropped to take out a bird sitting in the water on the right.
The time of capture was just as the sun set.
Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-200 F 2.8 with a 1.4 telly converter. ISO 800, 1/100 second at F4
Last edited by denise ippolito; 12-16-2010 at 09:48 PM.
Myer, I love the soft high key water-colored look to this:) I do love the reflection with the two sets of legs BUT if it were mine I would crop it out for a better comp. If you could get a hair more detail out of the lower birds neck and back area that would be good. Very neat and great job with this one.
Love the softness and high-key look to this, Myer! :) Looks very beautiful. I would keep the reflection, but I wish the shoreline didn't merge with the one bird. I wonder how it would look if you cloned out the shoreline leaving just the birds and reflection. Well done.
Chris
Interesting suggestion, I will have to try it:)
I think that might look cool. :)
Great colors, reminding me of strawberries and cream... :cool: Good points and interesting suggestions. I'm voting for losing the reflection. I would crop from the bottom, right above where the legs are attached to the birds and then paint out the remaining legs. Nice image that has a lot of possible interpretations.
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Here is the picture with the shoreline cloned out. I will try some of the other suggestions later thanks for the insights
Myer, You did a good job w/ the eviction. I see just a few artifacts in the BG still that I would remove. Since the shoreline is gone I might take a small slice off the left. Nice job:)
Last edited by denise ippolito; 12-17-2010 at 09:16 AM.
I like the shoreline because I think it gives a relational quality to the birds but I agree that it's getting in the way with the lower bird. Maybe try to lower the tall grasses but leave a strip of it in the image?
I agree that the 'strawberries and cream' look is lovely!
Nice job with the eviction, Myer. I would just clean up around the legs a little. You do lose some of the sense of motion of the original, but it looks very nice. :)
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