Bull Elk

Posted by Jim Urbach on Sun Oct 10, 2004 3:41 am

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Frontal pose of the same elk. I believe I've corrected the blue cast but if not I could use some specific PS help.

10D, 600IS, no flash, ISO 400, f6.3, 1/80, EV -1 1/3.

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by AndrewC on Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:21 am

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Love the chocolately tones and the way you've got a dark background to show off his antlers. Grat pose as well.

Still very slightly blue. How do you correct blue cast already ? You could pick the tip of the antler, which looks like your whitest point, and just set that as your white point ?

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by Carol Clarke on Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:43 am

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I think this is a lovely shot Jim but again slightly blue. I have had a go at rectifying this and here is my effort. I selected Curves and the GRAY eye dropper and clicked on the area of gray water to the side of the Elk in the middle right of the image. The colours just snapped into place. Hope its OK for you. A really great shot.

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:59 am

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As Carol pointed out, again the image is blue. I think your monitor must be out of calibration. Other than that, the shot is great.

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by AForns on Sun Oct 10, 2004 12:53 pm

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Jim another magnificent image !!! Super pose!!!

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by Jim Urbach on Sun Oct 10, 2004 2:11 pm

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Many thanks for the critique on the blue cast and a special thanks for Carol for posting the correct version.

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by Bill Keown on Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:50 pm

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Jim,
With the blue cast corrected a really great elk shot.

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by NDCheryl on Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:14 pm

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Excellent portrait. I love how the antlers are accentuated by the green leaves in BG.

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by stevebein on Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:28 pm

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excellent shot. Blue is there. Carol's fix is excellent. Aren't their songs magnificant?

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by Dennis Olivero on Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:03 pm

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Another wonderful elk image.. Other than the color cast, it seems just a titch dark on my monitor but it could certainly be on the end. Good work Jim.

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by JohnS on Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:57 pm

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I rarely see an elk or deer image that I like but this is very good indeed. Carol's color correction makes the most of it although the gray area she chose is the one thing that bothers me about the overall image.

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