Sheila Burke-Grey  


Heron Fishing by Sheila Burke-Grey

July 2017 - Heron Fishing

About the Image(s)

Location: St Augustine, Florida. This photo was taken with Olympus EMD-1, 40-150 mm lens with 1.4extender, 190mm, AP 7.1, ISO 200, shutter 1/160. In PS, I cropped it, corrected the exposure, dehaze , white and black point in Camera Raw. I took it into Topaz denoise ,
Color Efex Pro, detail extractor, and then into Topaz adjust and framed it.


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8 comments posted




Kathy Brand   Kathy Brand
An excellent picture of the Heron and I really like what you did to enhance it in PS, Color Efex Pro and Topaz. If the original picture was cropped to make this one, can you put a little more breathing room at the top of the heron's head.   Posted: 07/21/2017 19:51:08



Sheila Burke-Grey   Sheila Burke-Grey
Good idea, Kathy! That is doable!   Posted: 07/21/2017 20:49:51



 
Any chance you could look at the heron's eye and see if there is a high light to lighten up? I like Kathy's suggestion of adding just a bit back to the top. I also like that you got the whole foot in, even below the water. Nice job.   Posted: 07/22/2017 11:15:35



 
Splendid, I like being able to see the foot in the water. I am not so sure I want more room on top, I would like to see what the intense look is seeing. I like what you did in pp.   Posted: 07/22/2017 15:53:15
Sheila Burke-Grey   Sheila Burke-Grey
Thanks, Steve!   Posted: 07/23/2017 08:38:51



Sheila Burke-Grey   Sheila Burke-Grey
Well, I took your ideas and increased the height with content aware, lighten the photos with curves and added a catchlight.
Let me know what you think.
  Posted: 07/23/2017 08:38:10
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Wanda Krack   Wanda Krack
I like the changes you made Shelia, now could you add a bit to the bottom? Nice coloring, and it gives the feeling of being in the South and of a great blue concentrating! I like the mottled coloring of the stream.   Posted: 07/24/2017 09:36:41



 
I like the composition on the image that you submitted. Not sure if I like catch light. I seems a little unnatural. It seems like the tree has too much detail to the main subject. Maybe a hint of black vignette around the subject would of created more impact to the image.   Posted: 07/31/2017 21:47:23