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Gallery: AvianPosted May 11, 2017126 views6 comments

This is same Ospery as it landed on it’s Lieutenant River, Ct nest . I cropped the photo to a 4 by 5 to get ride of some tree branches. I used Lightroom 5 to help the shadows and highlights out.

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Shooting Date/Time 04/26/17
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE, Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/1600
Av(Aperture Value) 10, Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed 400, Lens TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011
Focal Length 329.0mm, AF Mode AI Servo AF
Thank you for stopping by.
Peter

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 11, 2017 at 7:36 PM

Very nice landing pose, Peter, and it's even more impressive in the larger image. The blue of the sky seems a bit too intense for reality. You might try brightening it and possibly backing off on saturation a touch.

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Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 12, 2017 at 11:07 AM

Hi Peter, I agree with Dennis that the blue is a bit to dark/Saturated, but overall I feel the image is a little too dark, especially in the shadow areas, as highlight by you saying you had to 'lift' the exposure. I would try Evaluated metering on the camera, expose more to the right on the Histogram, without blowing the highlights, although you might find a few are blown, but no a great issue. Take a few shots, review the Histogram and if there is more room to the right without blowing the whites up the EV to spread the data more to the right, but watch your SS as you may find you have to up the ISO to retain DoF and or SS. Having more SS will help too, as the larger version is looking a bit soft on the head.

TFS
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by David Schoen on May 12, 2017 at 11:08 AM

Peter, I am in agreement with Dennis on this. I think you have a lot of latitude to actually improve this image considerably by lightning up on some of the wing shadows. That alone may be enough to brighten the blue sky and decrease the blue saturation. Play with it and consider reposting. The composition is wonderful.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments

Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on May 12, 2017 at 4:08 PM

HI
Thanks for the comments. I increased the exposure to +.4, set the vibrance to zero and reduced the saturation to -10.
Peter

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 12, 2017 at 4:20 PM

The repost looks better for the second effort. You can also reduce the intensity of the blue sky by upping the luminance a corresponding amount.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 12, 2017 at 4:23 PM

Peter, it's not just the overall exposure, I'm guessing but I would try:
WB temp +7 (just to get some colour back into the wings/plumage)
Exp +0.50
Contrast -10
Shadows +12
Saturation 6

And some more selective sharpening

The issue is that the image is under exposed, by opening up exp, shadows etc will amplify noise.

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments