Barbara Mallon  


River Otter Visits Sycamore Grove Park by Barbara Mallon

March 2019 - River Otter Visits Sycamore Grove Park

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I teach a photo class as a fund raiser for my camera club. The River Otter has been around for quite a while but is rarely seen. I took my photo class there at 7 AM recently and the otter put on Quite a show! It was drakes so the is 3200 ISO. I am fighting grain but with the Canon L 100-400, I did get acceptable images and so did my students. Now to get rid of the noise. I have use NIK’s define 2 and PhotoShop Noise reduction


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Love it! I even like the negative space all around the Otter. It gives a nice sence of depth and openness.   Posted: 03/15/2019 15:29:16



Tom McCreary   Tom McCreary
Noise does not seem to be a problem, with this smaller image. I like your border effect, it can help with the black background of this website. Members in Europe would like the space around the otter as they really like to see the elements around the subject. The otter is nice and sharp, with a blurred background.   Posted: 03/21/2019 20:14:14



Rich Sears   Rich Sears
Nice bokah to diminish the background,subject in focus, sharp and exposure correct. Regarding your comment about noise, Barbara, have you tried the new artificial intelligenece plug-in from Topaz Labs. "aiClear" I find generally noise is reduced about 25 to 33%.   Posted: 03/22/2019 17:02:27
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Tony Tam   Tony Tam
Nice capture. I don't see the unacceptable noise. Denoise function in Camera Raw is very effective now, so we can use it.
I would crop off from 4 side and reduce brightness a little bit.   Posted: 03/26/2019 20:01:00
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I agreed with you!   Posted: 03/30/2019 03:40:39



 
It is a very nice picture. I think the negative space provides a sense of perspective and perhaps a bit of concern for the otter who is terribly exposed in that situation. The blurred background is very nice. I did not find noise an issue.   Posted: 03/27/2019 11:02:44



 
Otter looks so cute!   Posted: 03/30/2019 03:42:01