Thanks again, Frank.
The "doesn't look right" thing is actually what I like about the shot,
and why I keep returning to it. The overall qualities of the original
image are extremely ugly, but I can't help wanting it to turn out well.
I have to admit it's a sentimental attachment.
-- Walt
On 10/4/2010 3:21 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert<ldott...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got my
K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't bring
myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever captured
that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background was absolutely
horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy by K-x standards. I
messed with toning down the colors (it was an abhorrent mix of brown, green,
rust, and yellow originally) until I finally decided it looked best with
everything desaturated out, except for the red of the bird. I'm still
trying to deal with some ugliness on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out
of there.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/
K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec
It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options. And this
is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor cropping (I'm
trying to stay as close to the original resolution as possible for now).
Any tips on what I can do, aside from the cropping, to make it a more
effective image?
Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome.
Good shot, but I'd prefer to have seen the wings out. Just doesn't
"look right" to me - as if he's just hanging in mid-air rather than
moving in a direction (presumably forward).
And again with the desaturation thing. I'll comment no more on that.
;-)
I do recognize the difficulties in catching such moments at the
perfect time, so I'll still say "very good shot".
cheers,
frank
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