Introspection

Gallery: AvianPosted September 23, 2016268 views5 comments

Lake Geneva, Switzerland
D810 300mm f2.8 G ED VR2 + tc 1.4 series 3
f/6.3 ISO 640 1/2500 EV -2.00 WBA Hand held
Photoshop CS6
At this point I’m not sure what was on this Grey Heron’s mind. Possibly it was eating its heart out, wishing it were a Tri-color Heron, having received word of Sandy’s superb posting on 08/27/16. Who knows what is passed around in avian circles?
Your crits. and nits are most welcome
David

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 23, 2016 at 4:47 PM

Very nice portrait with excellent detail David, I would run some noise reduction on the bg. devil

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 23, 2016 at 6:27 PM

Nice heron portrait, David. Superb detail throughout the bird and I like the dark bg for a portrait.

devil

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on September 24, 2016 at 3:57 PM

Hi David
I like the head shot and you great eye contact. On my Mac I really had to look hard to see any noise in the background.
Peter

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Comment posted by David Rowe on September 25, 2016 at 2:36 AM

Thanks for your comments. Noise shows in the BG when the larger version is viewed on my iMac, but only on further increasing the degree of magnification – using CTRL roller ball. In this instance at ISO 650 I was reluctant to use more noise reduction on the BG – I risked compromising the definition of the ‘whiskery’ outline of the bird. In general I’m disappointed with the dynamic range of my D810.
David

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on September 27, 2016 at 1:57 AM

Great portrait, wonderful detail. I do see noise in the background but understand your reasoning for not wanting to do further noise reduction on this one.

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