On one foot
D90 70-200VR+2X@400 1/2500 f/5.6 ISO400 0EV monopod
This was taken two days ago at noon. We have been having gloomy, heavily overcast mornings here recently. Cropped (50%) and tweaked in LR. I think the whites are OK . . . but is it little "pink" (that actually was the color of the surface, however) and maybe a bit bland? What do you think?
Wendell
Hi Wendall,
Nice Advocet shot. I like the head angle and eye contact, and it's well presented. The whites are fine on my monitor. If you think it's a little too red, you can lower it a little with an adjustment to the red channel in the curves box. I toned the red down a tad for you, and slightly lowered the brightness. I left a slight pink in the sand. I think it makes the advocet stand out better. It's just a guess on the red on my part (since I wasn't there and didn't see the sand color) and only done to demonstrate.
Gary
Gary, 'preciate your comments and your version. I like both equally. And must say, as I remember, the sand seemed pretty "red", so if it is aesthetically acceptable, I'm OK with my post.
Hi Wendell, nice pose and capture and excellent head angle! The issue I see with this one is not the color, which looks spot on to me (the southwest looks like this), but the exposure. It's way too bright. By the placement of the shadow it looks like you shot this at high noon, which is a great title for a movie but the worst time of day to photograph just about anything. You could save the overall look with a levels adjustment, but the harsh sun has killed the detail in the whites and muddied the blacks. This same image captured several hours later would look tons better. I can't stress this enough - harsh sun will not get you the best images!
Gary, I see what you were getting at, but the original is a very accurate color rendition IMO. Your repost left the image with a green cast.
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Hi Wendell- Very nice portrait of the species. Agree with Kerry on the brightness. I would try adjusting the middle slider in Levels and see what you get (I tried it and it works). Also could use Curves and a few other adjustments that would get you to the same place.
I agree with John and Kerry's comments. I like the pink, I tried adjusting the mid tones in levels as suggested and then just a very slight touch of increased contrast. Too much contrast and you lose detail in the darker areas.
John and Tom: it seems to work, being careful to limit contrast . . . thanks . . .
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