Posted by Mark Fellowes on November 17, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Hi everyone
Visited the London Wetland Centre for the first time yesterday; good light and some interesting stuff around. This mallard was involved in a bit of a scrap, took off, circled, and as it came in to land got distracted at the last moment
Mods: I hope it's OK to post two like this - if not please feel free to remove.
Comments on the first would be welcome. I've spent ages trying to get this right, but it just doesn't quite work for me - probably because while stopping the whites from blowing I've lost some detail in the darker head, or maybe it's just that the background colour isn't great. Any advice on improving would be gratefully received!
Mark
Techs: D80, Sig 500, 1/1250 @ F6.3, ISO 400, slight crop, PP in CS2 (levels, Noise Ninja on BG, USM)
Posted by Mark Fellowes on November 17, 2007 at 11:55 AM
And #2, just because...
Posted by David Kjaer on November 17, 2007 at 12:55 PM
Hi Mark
Nice shot - I love the landing technique in the second image. I'm sure you can bring out a little more colour and detail in the head even with a simple adjustment to the dark areas in 'shadows & highlights' just be careful not to over do it!
David
Posted by David Clapp on November 17, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Wonderful landing Mark. I like this sequence.
Posted by Graeme Lee on November 17, 2007 at 1:41 PM
Very nice Mark
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 17, 2007 at 5:27 PM
Love the colour,pose and composition of the first image. The dark head doesn't bother me at all.
The action in the second image is excellent but I'm not so keen on the colours of the water and reflected sky, at least not compared to how they are in the first image.
Perhaps just a tweak with the white balance is all that's needed to get the two images very similar in colour temperature and hue/saturation.
A really well caught sequence.
Discussion
6 repliesVisited the London Wetland Centre for the first time yesterday; good light and some interesting stuff around. This mallard was involved in a bit of a scrap, took off, circled, and as it came in to land got distracted at the last moment
Mods: I hope it's OK to post two like this - if not please feel free to remove.
Comments on the first would be welcome. I've spent ages trying to get this right, but it just doesn't quite work for me - probably because while stopping the whites from blowing I've lost some detail in the darker head, or maybe it's just that the background colour isn't great. Any advice on improving would be gratefully received!
Mark
Techs: D80, Sig 500, 1/1250 @ F6.3, ISO 400, slight crop, PP in CS2 (levels, Noise Ninja on BG, USM)
Nice shot - I love the landing technique in the second image. I'm sure you can bring out a little more colour and detail in the head even with a simple adjustment to the dark areas in 'shadows & highlights' just be careful not to over do it!
David
The action in the second image is excellent but I'm not so keen on the colours of the water and reflected sky, at least not compared to how they are in the first image.
Perhaps just a tweak with the white balance is all that's needed to get the two images very similar in colour temperature and hue/saturation.
A really well caught sequence.