Rod, sorry to say but the car image in Pending is soooo much better for the topic. In fact it's great - really masterfully balanced and well seen color study. This does have some appeal with the pastels and all but I prefer something a bit stronger. -tv
He's a funny looking bird that's for sure! (but he looked a little more odd in the darker version and I'm not sure whether that means I liked it better).
Penny Street
Rod<, I played around with this and it really looks nice with a bit of brightening - it brings out the reflection and the white of the Egret. The top water looks a bit wierd though and maybe would look better cropped off. It makes the composition different, but it does make the bird stand out more. Just a thought (or 2 or 3)! :-) CJ
I think it needs 'brightness' to whiten the bird. Lovely composition, Rod. ~Lydia
Rod
31-Jul-2008 16:07
Thanks Charlie:-) It does have a strange look but I think it's the ripples in the water. I took about five picys of this & they all look the same. Added a bit more saturation.
I like this a lot. But I do find the darker blue at the top to be a bit distracting. I think it belongs in the image, that the image would suffer without it. But it's a bit grainy. Perhaps a run through a noise reduction filter would help.
I honestly appreciate your showing of constraint here Rod as I don't want to see us end up with a gallery full of oversaturation, but I bet you could juice this up a tad more and still keep it natural looking- it's a great image.
~Brent
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