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Jan 24, 2021 20:39:05 #
I shot this image of Black-Crowned Night Heron this afternoon. This was my first edit - just finished a bit ago. Comments welcome.
Jan 24, 2021 20:58:30 #
Your whites a a little blown but it’s a really nice shot. Nice pose and a very nice background. I see these guys with the egrets and I really like them. A more calm nature. Amazing eye color.
Jan 24, 2021 21:02:31 #
Great capture. I agree that you could reduce the white a bit in pp. You have lost the detail in the crest. Otherwise excellent rendering.
Jan 24, 2021 23:00:01 #
Good capture, nice pp. Maybe play with sliders for highlights whites and blacks just a little.
Jan 25, 2021 06:41:17 #
Composition, background, and posing of the bird magnificent. I do not find the redish reflected light objectionable.
Jan 25, 2021 07:06:36 #
Very nice, only edit would be to move the black of the eye to the left so it is looking at you and add a catch light
Jan 25, 2021 10:00:24 #
I'm not a birder and have difficulty trying to get them in the frame, let alone in focus! I think this is really pretty wonderful. The feather detail is really good; the pose is interesting; the background is absolutely lovely - interesting but not distracting; the separation of the subject is superb. The only downside that I see is the one bit of overblown highlights. Not sure if that could be toned down to bring out detail or not. But to me it's not enough to ruin the image.
Jan 25, 2021 11:52:48 #
Thank you all for your input. My histogram was not showing any blowout on the whites but I certainly see where I could drop the highlights in the breast plumage.
Jan 25, 2021 12:40:58 #
Nicely captured Daniel. Good detail in the bird and nicely blurred background. Bev
Jan 26, 2021 05:01:25 #
As already noted, there are several pluses for this shot. My (minor) criticism is that the face usually becomes the focus of interest and in this shot it's slightly in shadow.
I've made comments like that before and apparently it's not something that worries birders much (if at all
).
I've made comments like that before and apparently it's not something that worries birders much (if at all
).Feb 4, 2021 17:40:46 #
Mar 7, 2021 09:37:52 #
DanielB wrote:
Thank you all for your input. My histogram was not showing any blowout on the whites but I certainly see where I could drop the highlights in the breast plumage.
My screen agrees with your histogram. The whites on the breast look great from here, not blown out at all. I think different viewers and screens see things differently, and graphical settings like brightness and such have a big effect on what people see.
To me, on my equipment, everything is spot on.
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