Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The great blue heron as made the official bird of Oregon or maybe Portland by Mayer Bud Clark in the 90's or 80's. I got an assignment to photograph one for a friend in the clothing biz he was goin to put them on tee shirts. Was quite comical getting anywhere near them it was 6AM I'd need a 600mm and all I had was a 200. I did a lot of cropping. Fast Black and white film. Not my greatest effort. I learned lessons. Like there are specialty photographers and a bird man I'm not. On 12/27/14 10:21 AM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Ted Grant wrote: > >> Hi Doug, >> Very nice fog mood type bird image. >> >>>>> What say ye about the bright yellow to the left of the bird's tail? >> Clone it out? Leave it in? Tone it down? >> >> Yes without hesitation get rid of it! WHY? Quite simply because it's an >> unnecessary visual distraction as small as it is!! >> As soon as the scene opened on screen my instant re-action? A quick over >> all >> look and comment to self out loud? >> >> " Another fine............. OH crap why didn't he take that yellow leaf >> out???????" " It's merely fine tuning the image and kind of "cleaning it >> up >> to perfection!" You tidy it up and keep your mouth shut that you did it! > > Thanks to the many comments on- and off-list. I've taken the cattail reeds > out and I toned down the bright spot in the water. I tried a version > where I > took the bright spot out along with the cattails and the water looked like > it > had been sanitized, so I left a hint of the spot in. > > The original: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ardea/gbhero05a.jpg > > the final: > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ardea/gbhero05c.jpg > > All comments welcome. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/