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Brent Geese - Norfolk

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10 replies
Posted by Chris Jones on March 31, 2008 at 6:08 AM
Thought I'd share this with you.

Comments welcome

Regards

Chris
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 31, 2008 at 6:09 AM
Chris, it is a nice flyby of these Brent Geese but the exposure seems a bit off. Maybe you can recover it a bit in Photoshop?
Rene de Heer
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 31, 2008 at 6:41 AM
Hi Chris,

Nice capture! I like the composition! Agree about the exposure!
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Posted by Chris Jones on March 31, 2008 at 6:47 AM
Thank you guys, I am constantly struggling with get the exposure adjusted right to what is considered good on my PC. Beginning to wonder about my own judgement, are yuou say under or over ?

Regards

Chris
Posted by Jeremy on March 31, 2008 at 7:29 AM
The dark areas are a little blocked up on my screen. But increase the exposure, and you run the risk of blowing the whites. Pain in the arse, these black and white birds!
I would crop a touch from the bottom, to remove some of the distracting white highlights on the sea.
Posted by John Robinson on March 31, 2008 at 7:37 AM
Yes _ You could bring out the blacks. I use the fill flash in Paint Shop Pro.That won't affect the high lights. More space on the left would help if its a crop.If not - a stretch job.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Chris Jones on March 31, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Yes I get what you are saying now.... thank you.

I'm going to re-adjust in PS, Didn't know that "fill flash" won't effect the highlights, can anyone point me to the PS equivilent.

Great insight chpas ... thank you

Chris
Posted by Tom Perkins on March 31, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Try shadow/highlight tool or alternatively just use a curve, something like this:
Posted by Paul Ashton on March 31, 2008 at 12:34 PM
A difficult subject for the reasons already mentioned. A nice composition worth more PS work
Posted by Chris Jones on March 31, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Tom

Thanks for the tutorial..I've tried and can see improvement.

Great advice, thank you

Chris
Posted by Paula Graham on March 31, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Nice fly-by and an interesting post