|
| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 90 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
thanks!
good to be here. |
Apr 24th |
| 90 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
The plumage coloration of the visible bird marks it as a juvenile. (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Pelican/photo-gallery) while the bird in the water is an adult.
Here's an earlier image from the series. |
Apr 15th |
 |
| 90 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Lovely shot: the focus stacking works well to show off all the fine hairs. My one kvetch thought is that the square crop really doesn't aid the composition and allow the viewer's eye to flow easily across the image. If you did crop down from the original aspect, consider opening it up a bit to allow the line of the branch trail off into some negative space - not a lot of negative space just enough so the viewer had enough room to take in the forelegs.
|
Apr 15th |
| 90 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Great capture. While I'm not normally fond of square crops, in this case it really helps focus the viewer's eye on the primary action of the devouring. ;)
On my screen though, the image is really flat lighting-wise so I sucked it into my tools and played around with a little bit. Here's an extreme example: I created by dropping the overall exposure by half a stop and then raising the saturation and brightness levels. Then I pushed it into Topaz Sharpen and that brought out a ton more detail, especially on the feathers and prey. Alternatively you might want to try masking to darken down the greenery in the background
|
Apr 15th |
 |
| 90 |
Apr 23 |
Reply |
working on the midtones really keeps a lot of the lovely pink/peach |
Apr 15th |
 |
| 90 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
That is…a lot of birds! Overall I like the pic but since it's a group shot against the light, the dark landmass cutting across the middle really dominates, I pulled it into CaptureOne and played with it to see what was possible in terms of really pulling up the exposure and brightness.
Here's are an extreme and then less extreme example. |
Apr 15th |
 |
| 90 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Lovely cool capture: and yes both are boy birds. On my monitor things look a bit washed out: perhaps messing a bit with your levels a bit to bring up the saturation and midtones while darkening down the overall exposure.
That said, I had a few bits of unschedule time tonight, so I pulled it into my tools and really pumped up the saturation and then pulled up the midtone brightness levels just a bit. Then I pushed down highlights and shadows way down. Finally on my levels tool I really pulled in to highlight and shadow inputs on the histogram. (I use CaptureOne btw.)
Here's the resulting image after a crop to really lengthen the composition.
|
Apr 15th |
 |
| 90 |
Apr 23 |
Comment |
Nice capture and overall the levels and focus are great. Two suggestions would be to tilt the orientation very slightly to get the sign closer to level - more of a matter of taste really. Then a very soft mask around the bird's face to brighten up the midtones and thus show more of the details.
Also thanks for the add! I've been part of Nature 2 for the last three years but I also like the more relaxed feel and "rules" of the DD group. Will work on the bio bit after I get some comments posted. |
Apr 15th |
5 comments - 3 replies for Group 90
|
5 comments - 3 replies Total
|
