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WC #424 - low light

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted March 23, 2010257 views14 comments

Loons on Lac LeJeune, BC, last spring.

Low light, fog, and drizzling rain in this one, and well after sunset.
Still, I like the mood...

Many water drops on the lens cloned out, and a lot of CS work to recover some detail.
Thanks to Stan for this WC - this would normally not have been a photo I thought to try to recover without this "Challenge". It's a very good lesson I will take to heart - look at ALL possibilities with EVERY photo!

D300
500 mm
moving boat
handheld
close to full frame
exif unavailable

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on March 23, 2010 at 4:22 AM

Beautiful shot, Sandy. I like the "mood" very much!
Mauro

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Comment posted by István Molnár on March 23, 2010 at 6:55 AM

YES!!!!!!
István

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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on March 23, 2010 at 7:39 AM

The centering of the white makes the photo. It emphasizes the gray ambiance of the photo.
The clam water with slight ripple from the bird's movement adds serenity.
As always, great stuff.
the fisch

Registered on July 28, 2008, 155 Posts, 874 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on March 23, 2010 at 8:42 AM

Very moody. Despite the low light there is excellent detail in the neck ring and back. I like it.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 23, 2010 at 2:00 PM

Sandy: Most excellent. Great capture, great processing. >=))>

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Comment posted by István Pénzes on March 23, 2010 at 3:53 PM

That's great, Sandy. Very cool, I like it

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István Pénzes
Hungary

Registered on January 12, 2010, 35 Posts, 192 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Nichols on March 23, 2010 at 5:30 PM

I'm glad you got a chance to post this photo. It's really nice! It's amazing what we can bring out of our RAW files when we really try.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on March 23, 2010 at 9:52 PM

nicely done, Sandy, you did a fine job in salvaging the image and it definitely fits the theme

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Comment posted by Joan Cambray on March 23, 2010 at 10:52 PM

Wonderful image and great mood! The second loon further into the fog adds a nice ghost-like quality.

Registered on October 31, 2009, 6 Posts, 47 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on March 25, 2010 at 4:36 AM

Radioactive Loons!

It's bizzare--but definitely works!

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on March 25, 2010 at 2:11 PM

Great shot, Sandy. I really like the mood.

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on March 26, 2010 at 12:09 AM

Very nice, Sandy! An amazing amount of detail for such a dark shot and the sharpness is impressive for a handheld photo under those conditions! Good job of processing and an excellent choice for the challenge.