Cattle Egret--final repost

Posted by Terry Jackson on Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:55 pm

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One more taken with Chas at St. Augustine Alligator Farm. Working on clean backgrounds--this one has a lot of light in it--hope the color adds rather than detracts. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Canon 20D, f/8, 1/800, EV+1, ISO 200

Final repost--still not happy with the background but I believe this photo is cleaner. Thanks for all your comments.

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by sbenus on Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:34 pm

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I like the pose and the bird's plumage is wonderful. I fear however that you might have over processed the image. It looks as though you added either too much contrast or too much saturation. It could also use a quick run through a noise filter. All of this is correctable so don't worry and I'm sure you will still end up with a pleasing image because you have something good to work with.

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by Campbell on Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:12 pm

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Love that electric blue BG.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:15 pm

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Interesting, Terry. For my tastes I agree with Simon. I can understand, however, that the artistic vision displayed here might work for many individuals.

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by Scott Kacos on Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:35 pm

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Very cool shot Terry. I think it is a great capture of the egret and does not need the extra color saturation to be a strong image, but admire your creative thinking.

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:50 pm

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Terry:

I am with Sandy, too psychedelic for my taste. The subject is very handsome.

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by Terry Jackson on Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:25 pm

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Sorry guys--first post was from my new laptop where it looks fine, Sandy thanks for crediting me with 'artistic vision'. Wish I had some. Jason--sorry if you liked the electric blue version but it's not quite to my taste. I've posted a better version from my desktop though I still need to go back to the original and start over. Just didn't want to leave your comments unanswered. Thanks to all. Looks like some calibration is needed.

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by Jim Neely on Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:52 pm

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I like the second image better, but it still looks a bit over sharpened. Overall this is a very nice shot and a little playing will take care of most of the nits.

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by Cindy Marple on Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:10 pm

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You have a nice image here, the repost is better but agree still not all it could be.

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by Georgina Salup on Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:45 am

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The repost is great! Love the position.

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by KK Hui on Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:26 am

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Repost is better but there are artifacts all over, Terry!

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by Christopher Dodds on Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:09 am

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Agree, the re-post is better. I'm sure you'll sort it out. Nice pose.

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by AForns on Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:16 pm