Braxton L
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SoCal a couple weeks ago. Critiques are appreciated!!
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Greater Yellowlegs In Flight
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Anthony
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Well captured, but the light strip behind the bird is distracting, as is the light patch in the top right. Toning down the light patches everywhere should make it easier to appreciate the bird.
Nicely done.
These are hard to get close to even with a longer lens. Nice capture with great wing position.
Beautiful bird and beautifully captured.
I agree with Anthony - the brighter parts in the background competes with the bird - and makes your focus turn away from the subject.
having said that, it will be very difficult to tone that down on this background, you could take the higlights down on the BG (mask) in ACR /LR, but it makes very little difference.
There is a light stripe in the top right corner - easy to clone out and I would get rid of that.
I would stick to a standard crop and tighten the image slightly
technically well handled, and a very pleasing image all in all
ps - may I ask what crop size you used - or did you do what felt right for you?
I agree with Anthony - the brighter parts in the background competes with the bird - and makes your focus turn away from the subject.
having said that, it will be very difficult to tone that down on this background, you could take the higlights down on the BG (mask) in ACR /LR, but it makes very little difference.
There is a light stripe in the top right corner - easy to clone out and I would get rid of that.
I would stick to a standard crop and tighten the image slightly
technically well handled, and a very pleasing image all in all
ps - may I ask what crop size you used - or did you do what felt right for you?
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Braxton L
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Thanks! I typically don’t use crop ratios, just change it to “custom” and drag until I like it. I feel like the different sizes limit me and I can’t be creative enough and do what I like.,
thank you for your feedback