Gallery: AvianPosted March 20, 201058 views5 comments
Found this goose this morning with two others in the Big Grass Marsh, the first arrivals in the area.
Canon 5D Mark 11 with 100/400 lens
ss 1/1250
av 13
ISO 1000
R. Melvin Park
Plumas, Manitoba
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5 comments
Comment posted by R. Melvin Park on March 20, 2010 at 8:02 PM
I am wondering if this photo still has a halo? Could this be from the background being mainly ice? I hope this puppy looks better. If not I'll try again tommorow
Mel Park
Registered on February 1, 2010, 21 Posts, 27 Comments
Comment posted by Raymond Klassen on March 20, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Nice color in this shot and I like the alert pose. The second shot still has a halo, although it's way more spread out, so it's less obvious.
Registered on November 30, 2008, 114 Posts, 790 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 20, 2010 at 9:14 PM
The tones of the repost are much improved - the original post has way to much contrast and too much sharpening applied.
The repost has a substantial halo, wider than the sharp line on the original. This looks very much like the results of applying shadow/highlight to the image in an attempt to recover detail in the darker areas.
No, the halo isn't from the ice/snow background; it is from some step in your post processing. But the ice could have been a contributing factor if it caused you to underexpose the image followed by the shadow/highlight tool use. The best images result from proper exposure and focus at the time the image is made, and not from attempts at recovery during post processing.
We could perhaps help more if you explained more about your technique:
- raw or jpeg
- raw conversion software
- post processing software
- how much you adjusted the exposure in post processing
- if you used shadow/highlight tool
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments
Comment posted by R. Melvin Park on March 21, 2010 at 11:25 AM
This image is cropped and nothing else, so this puppy shouldn't have a halo. I use photoshop elements 8 to edit but also have Canon DPP on my computer.
Mel Park
Registered on February 1, 2010, 21 Posts, 27 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on March 21, 2010 at 5:43 PM
Melvin,
I agree with Rich Ditch on the issues in the original image. Looking at the last image you posted that was just cropped: it appears that the darks are blocked up and there is little detail visible. I don't think you needed ISO 1000 for this image, you probably could have gotten away with ISO 400 or even a little less.
The halo is not visible in the image that was just cropped, so some step in your processing caused the halo in the first two versions.
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments
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5 commentsMel Park
The repost has a substantial halo, wider than the sharp line on the original. This looks very much like the results of applying shadow/highlight to the image in an attempt to recover detail in the darker areas.
No, the halo isn't from the ice/snow background; it is from some step in your post processing. But the ice could have been a contributing factor if it caused you to underexpose the image followed by the shadow/highlight tool use. The best images result from proper exposure and focus at the time the image is made, and not from attempts at recovery during post processing.
We could perhaps help more if you explained more about your technique:
- raw or jpeg
- raw conversion software
- post processing software
- how much you adjusted the exposure in post processing
- if you used shadow/highlight tool
Mel Park
I agree with Rich Ditch on the issues in the original image. Looking at the last image you posted that was just cropped: it appears that the darks are blocked up and there is little detail visible. I don't think you needed ISO 1000 for this image, you probably could have gotten away with ISO 400 or even a little less.
The halo is not visible in the image that was just cropped, so some step in your processing caused the halo in the first two versions.