Pomarine Jaeger on (removed seal blubber)

Posted by Iain Campbell on Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:39 pm

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This shot was doctored. If you look to the right of the birds legs, there was a lump of seal blubber and blood. I wondered about removing it, but keeping it there did make the image look gruesome. I first used content aware, but then changed and went with a straight clone from the left, and a 20% opacity clone from the far right to make it look less obvious.

Other than a missing mammal, the shot is as shot.

1DX 500mm f/4 ii with a 1.4 extender.
f/6.3
1/2500
ISO 800

Photographed on Barrow, Alaska

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by Karl Egressy on Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:14 am

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Excellent shot, good PP work.

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by Homer on Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:30 am

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Excellent shot

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by WDCarrier on Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:13 pm

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Nice image of this predatory species. I agree, blood and guts detract from appreciation of the bird.

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by Graeme Guy on Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:17 am

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Ian

It works for me....nice shot of the bird with good detail. Your PS work was excellent and I really appreciate you giving us all the details.

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by Rick Bowers on Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:57 am

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Very nice Pom shot. Wings and tail up and bill open really make this shot stand out! Well done.

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