Why does this look artificial
Oct 22, 2016 16:50:17 #
Oct 22, 2016 19:14:49 #
I an not a photographer just an enthusiast right now but am I right or wrong it looks like the focus was on the lace feathers on the bottom of the neck and mid body and not on the eyes please comment on my thoughts
Oct 22, 2016 20:42:47 #
Paul, as far as I am concerned, your photo looks just fine. I like the foreground and background just as they are.
Oct 23, 2016 02:29:52 #
Psergel wrote:
Other than exporting this to jpeg...it is SOC with only the LR default sharpening (25) and a small adjustment in exposure (-.45).
Why does this look so phony?
I played with it quite a bit (lower highlights, contrast up and down, clarity etc etc) and it still looks kind of like a fake Heron agains a fake background. It's not.
Why does this look so phony?
I played with it quite a bit (lower highlights, contrast up and down, clarity etc etc) and it still looks kind of like a fake Heron agains a fake background. It's not.
Doesn't look artificial at all to me Paul. I like it a lot.
Oct 25, 2016 12:00:07 #
Oct 30, 2016 14:33:10 #
Twardlow
Loc: Arkansas
Psergel wrote:
Other than exporting this to jpeg...it is SOC with only the LR default sharpening (25) and a small adjustment in exposure (-.45).
Why does this look so phony?
I played with it quite a bit (lower highlights, contrast up and down, clarity etc etc) and it still looks kind of like a fake Heron agains a fake background. It's not.
Why does this look so phony?
I played with it quite a bit (lower highlights, contrast up and down, clarity etc etc) and it still looks kind of like a fake Heron agains a fake background. It's not.
Been out of town and haven't follow thread, but how do you like this?
sorry, never could get it to load....
Nov 6, 2016 11:21:31 #
F6.3 may have been your maximum aperture at 300 mm with this lens. Variable apertures with this type of zoom offer minimum latitude once you try to fill the frame. I will say that I don't think you nailed focus. You seemed to have focused on the body instead of the eye so I'd suggest you use single point and adjust the focus point to the eye next time. Also, I don't think you have any need to shoot a shutter speed of 1/5000 sec with a stationary heron. Your ISO could have been pulled down to ISO 100 from ISO 800 still rendering 1/640 second.
Does it look artificial? I don't believe so. If you want more blur, shoot wide open and try to get a little closer (which isn't all that easy to do sometimes) but you will sacrifice how much will appear sharp.
I will admit sometimes settings are difficult with avian. When you have them set for BIF naturally you will find something stationary. I've gone three days only getting one nice shot before during warbler migration out in the boonies in CT, but persistence eventually will reap great things with your patience.
I can't even begin to tell you how much spot healing I had to do in this image to isolate snowy.
Does it look artificial? I don't believe so. If you want more blur, shoot wide open and try to get a little closer (which isn't all that easy to do sometimes) but you will sacrifice how much will appear sharp.
I will admit sometimes settings are difficult with avian. When you have them set for BIF naturally you will find something stationary. I've gone three days only getting one nice shot before during warbler migration out in the boonies in CT, but persistence eventually will reap great things with your patience.
I can't even begin to tell you how much spot healing I had to do in this image to isolate snowy.
Dec 11, 2016 02:44:59 #
I would also suggest that what you think is "phony" is our human eyes reaction the the lighting. ie. The "grayness" ( not often do we get to look at a natural multi-shaded gray card ) of the birds body, and the steep contrast of the bright white feathers against the beak and dark feathers. i personally feel in many cases when a photograph comes out like that it's a gift.
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