Avocets in love repost

Gallery: AvianPosted April 15, 2012136 views13 comments

I want to thank all of you who gave me feedback for my post of this image two days ago. David Haynes and Sandy Richards helped me to determine that my monitors are not presenting exposure or color accurately. Consequently, my posts have not represented the shots. This shot is only cropped and had minor distracting elements cloned out. It is as taken in every other way.

This shot was taken April 8, 2012 at San Joaquin Wildlife Preserve.
Nikon D300 Nikkor 200-400 1.4TC 550mm f/8 1/800 ISO320 Manual exposure white balance automatic Wimberley on Tripod

Comments welcome

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 15, 2012 at 2:22 PM

Huge difference, Patrick! What did you do to correct the monitor issue?

Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 15, 2012 at 2:41 PM

Hi Patrick: This looks MUCH better. Exposure issues with the whites and the saturation seem to be solved. Nicely done. Still needs a little CCW rotation :) Glad you got your monitor under control. It is a critical step in the entire color calibrated workflow.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on April 15, 2012 at 2:43 PM

Patrick i like the interaction between these two,colours and exposure looks good.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on April 15, 2012 at 3:00 PM

This is a big difference from your last post, and I agree with the others that it is a big improvement. I love the poses from the birds, and they definitely do look like they are in love

! Very neat image!

Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on April 15, 2012 at 4:02 PM

Way better! I think you owe someone a beer. (Looks like it could still use a little ccw rotation.)

Registered on October 18, 2006, 644 Posts, 4801 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 15, 2012 at 5:23 PM

Much improved! Colors look natural now and exposure is much better.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on April 15, 2012 at 5:46 PM

Very cool behavior shot, Patrick, that looks great. Is there a slight cw rotation? I refer to the lines in the water and the waterline at the bird's legs... Details, details...

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 15, 2012 at 6:16 PM

This is much much better. Very nice.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Geoff Powell on April 15, 2012 at 6:32 PM

Nice behavior moment.

Registered on March 20, 2012, 21 Posts, 170 Comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on April 15, 2012 at 8:13 PM

Thank you fall for the comments. The photo posted today is unchanged except for minor cloning and cropping. The original image looked great on my screen, but obviously was blown out when posted. Hence the monitor replacement quest. As an experiment, I posted the unchanged image, and the audience on NPN seems to like it. When I get a chance, I will do the rotation so the ripples are horizontal. I was focused more on the subjects. My monitors are not yet replaced. A fellow bird photographer is going to the computer store with me to see if a change in the computer video card will solve the problem. If not, new monitors here I come. If anyone has a recommendation for a 27" monitor, I welcome the input.

Registered on March 13, 2011, 326 Posts, 1679 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 15, 2012 at 11:09 PM

Great interaction, Patrick and the colors and exposure look proper to my eye.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 16, 2012 at 2:19 AM

YES!!!!!!!
Looking MUCH better!!
Now, unless your desk now needs to be leveled

, this still needs some CCW rotation to level the ripples.
SO glad you got this improved - you have some killer images coming for us now. Can't wait!

Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on April 16, 2012 at 9:41 AM

Oh yes, now you cooking!!! There are some older threads on the digital imaging forum which give recommendations on monitors. Great job and I love Sandy's comment about leveling your desk.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 169 Posts, 741 Comments