Green Heron (close)

Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
edited October 18, 2008 in Wildlife
Very willing fellow! :clap

Cool...

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Warm...

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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    Super. Again, I am loving your new subtle PP work. clap.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    dlplumer wrote:
    Super. Again, I am loving your new subtle PP work. clap.gif

    Thanks, Dan.

    Would you define subtle for me? I'm not sure I'm getting you.
  • evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    Ric,

    The color balance adjustments you have made are very effective and believable. Do you do this using kelvin color temp and hue, or do you start with different wb settings and go from there?

    I assume you're shooting RAW?

    Cheers
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Very willing fellow! clap.gif

    Cool...

    385094244_uCzLM-X2.jpg

    Warm...

    383974078_ubPyB-L.jpg
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    evil eggplant wrote:
    Ric,

    The color balance adjustments you have made are very effective and believable. Do you do this using kelvin color temp and hue, or do you start with different wb settings and go from there?

    I assume you're shooting RAW?

    Cheers

    Thanks, Rich. :D

    RAW...and temp-hue...with more contrast for cool and less for warm.

    I've got a trial of Lightroom 2...so I've been giving it a workout. Gotta say that the more I use it and realize what can be done the more I think my wallet is going to be three hundred bucks lighter.

    Maybe it's my imagination, but I think that images that are cropped in raw and then exported to jpeg contain more detail than cropped jpegs.ne_nau.gif
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    The second image is outstanding. clap.gif I am seeing some haloing on the heron's back in the first capture. Do you sharpen selectively?
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    Harryb wrote:
    The second image is outstanding. clap.gif I am seeing some haloing on the heron's back in the first capture. Do you sharpen selectively?

    Thanks, Harry. :D

    That's not a sharpening halo...it's me not being careful enough when I cloned out a branch that was the same brightness as the one he's perched on.
  • HarvHarv Registered Users Posts: 1,105 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    Yep, that's close. Good work, Ric. My favouirite heron. Keep them coming.
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    Harv wrote:
    Yep, that's close. Good work, Ric. My favouirite heron. Keep them coming.

    Thanks, Harv.:D

    When you have trouble getting the whole bird in the frame and have a little room left for composition you realize that with photography it's always something. nod.gif
  • jonh68jonh68 Registered Users Posts: 2,711 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2008
    thumb.gif
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2008
    excellentclap.gif
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  • jeffmeyersjeffmeyers Registered Users Posts: 1,535 Major grins
    edited October 3, 2008
    Wonderful captures! Great detail, color, and composition. I especially like the second one. Something about it is very compelling. I think it's the nice range of tones. Very cool.
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2008
    jonh68 wrote:
    thumb.gif

    :D
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2008
    Oh yes, you post yet another one of my nemesis birds and you make it look easy! mwink.gif Really good images especially the second. thumb.gif
    Stephen
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2008
    dbaker1221 wrote:
    excellentclap.gif

    Thanks, Dave. :D
  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited October 6, 2008
    clap.gif Love them both Ric thumb.gif Cool light too.
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 6, 2008
    jeffmeyers wrote:
    Wonderful captures! Great detail, color, and composition. I especially like the second one. Something about it is very compelling. I think it's the nice range of tones. Very cool.

    Thanks, Jeff! :D

    That second one ranks right up there with anything I've ever done.
  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited October 6, 2008
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    Thanks, Jeff! :D

    That second one ranks right up there with anything I've ever done.

    That may be, but I personally love the pastel blue pink bokeh in the first.
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2008
    Maestro wrote:
    Oh yes, you post yet another one of my nemesis birds and you make it look easy! mwink.gif Really good images especially the second. thumb.gif

    Thanks very much, Stephen! :D
  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2008
    nice close-ups... these little guys can be hard to approach, though i've had some pretty good luck getting within 15 feet or so of them. i like the "warm" version... brings out the coloring better.
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2008
    Giphsub wrote:
    clap.gif Love them both Ric thumb.gif Cool light too.

    Thanks, Mike! :D
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    dlplumer wrote:
    That may be, but I personally love the pastel blue pink bokeh in the first.

    and...I'm glad you do! :D
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    squirl033 wrote:
    nice close-ups... these little guys can be hard to approach, though i've had some pretty good luck getting within 15 feet or so of them. i like the "warm" version... brings out the coloring better.

    Thanks, Rocky!:D
  • CatoCato Registered Users Posts: 287 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2008
    Nothing I can add to the previous comments, except bowdown.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2008
    Cato wrote:
    Nothing I can add to the previous comments, except bowdown.gif

    Thanks! :D
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