Harlequin #2

[Paul Lagasi]

Another image from my recent trip to Barnegat Light, NJ. I was lying down on the rocks for this one, I tried to get a decent exposure on all the bird but whites just got toasted.
Using CS5 I tried to recover as much of the whites as I could. Tones down the highlights in the rocks.
Hope you like it, All comments welcome

D700, 500 f/4, 1/1000, f6.3, iso-500, handheld, AP

[Humberto Ramos]

Hi paul, I like the composition of and the colors, but in my opinion you should try to recover a the shadows in the bird and the rocks down left.

[Rene Quenneville]

Superbe pose and colors! I like the mood of the picture.

In such situations, I often bracket with one picture 1 stop under exposed. After I blend the whites back in PS.

[Paul Lagasi]

Thanks Rene, good suggestion next time I'll try that....
Thanks Berto...I've some more work to do I guess

[denise ippolito]

Paul, I like the pose and I think you did great getting all the feather detail.:)