I captured this image at a rookery in north Tampa. The Muscovy Duck is a vagrant that has developed a sizable feralpopulation in Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon 500 Nikon 500mm PF, Handheld 1/3200 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV0 ISO 1800 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent) Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI Cropped for composition and presentation
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 05-17-2022 at 05:39 PM.
Joe Przybyla
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Looks good to me Joe, not too sure how much more you can extract, but...
Not a fan of the negative space above, I think a 16x9 is better, or have more in the FG. What's the light brown patch behind the subject and the small patch of water under the subject, both look a little out of the norm?
TFS
Steve
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Looks good to me Joe, not too sure how much more you can extract, but...
Not a fan of the negative space above, I think a 16x9 is better, or have more in the FG. What's the light brown patch behind the subject and the small patch of water under the subject, both look a little out of the norm?
TFS
Steve
Hi Steve, thank you for viewing and commenting. This rookery is surrounded by houses, a small pond with a island that the birds feel safe to nest on. The light brown is a reflection of one of the houses. I revisited the images and found this one a frame or two later in the same series. The light brown is less intruding and the 16x9 crops helps eliminate some of it. I also lightened the shadows on the bird a tad. Here is a repost.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
I don't know what happened between the original post and repost, but the IQ took a huge hit; the scaly detail on the bird's left leg completely disappeared and the face looks much softer. Steve is right about the negative space above in the original post.
Dorian is correct. I like the framing of the repost but you screwed up something as the face is not longer sharp, plus what Dorian said. Best advice for soup ducks like this: catch these things and put them in the oven for dinner.
with love, artie
ps: all you needed to do was re-crop it; best to start with the master file for that ...
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Thanks all for viewing and commenting. The differences noted in the sharpening/detail is because two different images from a series. My bad that I did not pay much attention when using the second image. As suggested I will change the crop on the sharper image and scrap the second image. Thanks again everyone...
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams