Gallery: AvianPosted January 17, 20151,510 views4 comments
A mid-day siesta in early Winter at Bosque del Apache.
D300s
Nikkor 300mm f4, 1.4 TC (420mm)
ISO 400
1/1000 @ f/8
Tripod
PP in LR CC, NIK , PS CC
Comments appreciated.
Comments
4 comments
Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on January 18, 2015 at 11:29 AM
Hi John,
I like the pose with the cranes eye staring at you and reflection. I would try to reduce the impact of the vertical light patch above and to the right of the crane..............................Jim
Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments
Comment posted by Keith Bauer on January 18, 2015 at 12:04 PM
John:
I like the pose of the crane. A very intimate view of the sleeping pose, but with the eye open keeping a careful watch on what is happening. I think the color balance is off a bit. It has a blue colder cast that I'm used to seeing. I did a few quick adjustments to work on the color balance a bit, a mid tones contrast and removed the brighter reflection above the crane. See what you think.
Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments
Comment posted by Harry Harris on January 18, 2015 at 12:31 PM
Love the pose of a watchful nap. I agree about the light patch and of course Mr. Keith's magic improvements help. Nice with the subtle reflection in the short reeds which does not take away from the birds image. Good job.
Registered on August 2, 2010, 169 Posts, 741 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on January 20, 2015 at 12:47 AM
A very nice shot of a classic pose. Keith's work is an improvement, but it you're going to remove stuff you should probably remove the two white and one bloack dots past the tail.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
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4 commentsI like the pose with the cranes eye staring at you and reflection. I would try to reduce the impact of the vertical light patch above and to the right of the crane..............................Jim
I like the pose of the crane. A very intimate view of the sleeping pose, but with the eye open keeping a careful watch on what is happening. I think the color balance is off a bit. It has a blue colder cast that I'm used to seeing. I did a few quick adjustments to work on the color balance a bit, a mid tones contrast and removed the brighter reflection above the crane. See what you think.