OOPS !!! with re-post

Gallery: AvianPosted February 8, 2012166 views5 comments

I go to Brazos Bend State Park frequently, as it is near my home. This day, I captured a great shot of this green heron. When I looked at the photo on my PC, I was surprised by his small, but graphic. statement. I think he was telling me what he thought of photographers taking his picture!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 8, 2012 at 6:11 PM

Interesting setting with vibrant color. Detail is lacking, though, for such a close subject. What were the shooting parameters for this, and is this a big crop with noise reduction applied?

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on February 8, 2012 at 7:55 PM

Pretty habitat . A lower angle would have been nice and I wonder if the lack of detail is from NR? I like the view of the back foot as well.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on February 9, 2012 at 4:52 PM

My original posting is over-processed. ..I worked on this photo quite a while ago. I can see, now, how much my PP "eye" has changed.Here is the original. The first posting was neither cropped nor had any NR . I have attached a re-post of the same photo, but with just the heron sharpened. No other pp.

I still think this needs some pp other than just the sharpening (color cast and a few other tweaks)...but, I wanted to post a "clean copy" for you to view and critique.

Before I process this again, I'd like some advice on what to tweak. The color cast is a little blue...duckweed is bright, lime green. What suggestions do you have?
Thanks in advance

Canon PowerShot SX10IS
ISO 200
f 5.7
1/160 sec

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 10, 2012 at 9:59 PM

I think the colors look quite good in the original image, the original is a little centered, a small crop from just the left and the top would help improve the comp. This looks great for a point and shoot image

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on March 4, 2012 at 2:28 PM

Thanks...my Canon PowerShot was very good to me, before I got a 60D.

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